February 2016

Originally posted on Rosamond Press: Bethlehem is a Moabite refuge for descendants of Ruth and Boaz. There was a synagogue dedicated to the King and Queen of Moab and Judaea. Long ago, the High Priest and his Scribes cast-wrote the Moabites out of God’s Covenant, but, many Moabites continued to practice the Laws of Moses.…

Originally posted on Rosamond Press: Years ago I described Rena this way; “The face that launched a thousand Rosamond prints.” Simon Magus had a consort who he claimed was the reincarnation of Helen of Troy. It is claimed Simon was a sorcerer. Allegedly Jesus was crucified for being a sorcerer, but, no one is bothering…

Originally posted on Rosamond Press: Are Jesus and Pharamond fairytale characters? If your answer is YES, the you are closer to the truth, then if your answer was NO, because, humanity has long embraced legends as the TRUTH, because the truth falls short of our best expectations, and, those close to great men and women…

Originally posted on Rosamond Press: Bryan C. Arnold 1937 Cullum No. 10973 • Nov 14, 1987 • Died in Los Altos, CA Interred in Alta Mesa Cemetery, Palo Alto, CA When I beheld a photo of Bryan C. Arnold last night, I saw my late friend brought back to life. Since his death in 1964…

Originally posted on Rosamond Press: Capturing Beauty by Jon Gregory Presco Copyright 1998 The Art of The Trespass Last night I dreamed I worked on the painting of a great artist who befriended me – without his permission. He could not get his summer grass right, so, I picked up his brush (while he slept)…

Originally posted on Rosamond Press: In 1986, Victoria Arnold returned from Sweet Home Oregon after seeing her nephew, Shane, for the first time, only to learn her father, Lt. Colonel Brian C. Arnold, had died. When we buried the Colonel, Vicky took me over to Bill’s grave. We stood on it together, and laughed. Vicky…

Originally posted on Rosamond Press: “The child plays. The toy boat sails across the pond. The work is just begun. Oh child, look what you have done!” The love for my childhood friend, Bill Arnold, is the most profound love of my life, for two very young artists, found each, after coming to believe no…

I I lived just around the corner from where the procession of ‘The Death of the Hippie’ passed by. I was away and missed it. However, I will not miss the ‘Second Death of the Hippie’ event, because I will star in it. Due to being buried under a mountain of evil slander by wanna-be…

Originally posted on Rosamond Press: Jack Kerouac’s daughter, Jan, has taken over her father’s literary legacy in a hostile, and perhaps fraudulent manner. I just figured out my minor daughter’s handlers invited my sister, Vicki Presco, to her High School graduation, after kidnapping her, disappearing her from my life. This is a castration and crucifixion…

Originally posted on Rosamond Press: Being born in 1963, Virginia lamented being born too late. She loved my stories of being an original hippie and compared them to the scene her older sister Caroline had out in the big barn next to the ancient salt-box house she grew up in Old Lyme Connecticut. At thirteen,…