Genesis Dome and the Enidu Tree

When I wrote ‘Elfine’ in 1986, I didn’t know Ivan meant John. Ivan is the father of Elfine who is sixteen when she came into his life. My daughter was sixteen when I first lay eyes on her. Ivan is a Russian astronaut who goes on a join mission to the cat planet Felinia and falls in love with a beautiful alien.. On a flight to this planet Ivan builds a dome with a beautiful garden. At its center is the Enidu Tree. Consider the Lone Cypress and the Pond Cypress tree named the Senator and the Cypress Domes of the Everglades. This is a Genesis. Leslie Perin was Seminole Royalty.

“We sat under the  Enidu Tree with the computer and went thru Ivan’a Bible. When Elfin would point to something she did not understand, its meaning would appear to me, just like she had done when she touched the flowers, the letters…