March 2017

Above is the house Christine Rosamond lived in when she drowned. A dentist owned it for awhile, and when he put it up for sale, he hung Rosamond’s artwork on the wall. He had a collection of her work. After the funeral, we gathered around the small island in the kitchen. Here was the last time we…

Above is a photo of the Wieneke farm in Iowa. Here Sisters of the Order of Saint Francis were grounded in America after they were forced to flee Germany due to Bismark’s Kulturkampf.  This is a story of how a religious order was helped by an American family who had immigrated from Germany fifty years…

I have been working on the first book of my trilogy ‘Capturing Beauty’. I would like to publish it for FREE in my newspaper, Royal Rosamond Press, but, I fear there will be cuts to the Social Security and Medicaid I get, and I will end up homeless in the street. I need a pay…

The cabin on the right was the home of Joaquin Miller as seen on September 18, 1958. Joaquin Miller (March 10, 1830-February 17, 1913) was an Oregon poet. His cabin at Canyon City, Oregon was made into a museum in 1922. The building next to the cabin is the Grant County museum. According to the…

Originally posted on Rosamond Press: Yesterday, I read part of my novel ‘Bonds With Angels’ at my writing group in Springfield. After listening to the memoirs of six women, I recalled my offer to Belle in regards to my autobiography about my late sister and I. “I need a woman’s point of view.” Last night…

Originally posted on Rosamond Press: Royal Reuben Rosamond was born of two roses. After his accident with a car owned by Stephen Farish, which left him a cripple, my grandfather moved into an attic in Oklahoma City where he tutored young folks on how to write poetry. He made a living selling newspapers and magazines…

BORN OF TWO ROSES A half hour ago I talked to Deborah Cryder at the Forestvale Cemetary. She is going to send me information on Ida Rose who died when she was 28 years of age of dropsy. Twenty days later, Ida’s daughter, Dollie Rosamond, dies. She is less then one year old. Royal Rosamond…

Above are the four books I own written by my grandfather, Frank (Royal) Rosamond. On page 71 of ‘Ozark Moonshiners’ Frank says he moved to Lurton, or Moore. It is not clear, because this move may have never happened. Franks says he got arrested for moonshining and was sent to the State Penitentiary, where he did not…

Originally posted on Rosamond Press: “Mayor Jim Torrey pulled out “Little Tricker the Squirrel Meets Big Double the Bear” and treated those gathered to an excerpt from Kesey’s book for children, giving voice to a tale set on a fine autumn morning when “nothing was amove except one finger of sun.” I have not read…

There was a Rosamond Clan and Cult.