Monthly Archives: September 2017

A German gymnastic movement was started by Turnvater (“father of gymnastics”) Friedrich Ludwig Jahn in the early 19th century when Germany was occupied by Napoleon. The Turnvereine (“gymnastic unions”) were not only athletic, but also political, reflecting their origin in similar “nationalistic gymnastic” organizations in Europe. TheTurner movement in Germany … Continue reading →

For seven years I tried to get Erik Richardson to include the history of my grandfathers in his lectures and presentations. My good friends did get why, or, my black neighbor. Tonight, CNN held a Town hall about Black Athletes … Continue reading →

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Here is the apartment my ex lived in with Thomas Pynchon. It has “ECLIPSE” written all over it! Don’t you think he is keen on the Buck Hangars and this Nazi talk? Mary Ann Tharaldsen…

Above is a member of Donald’s NASCAR Glee Club plum-tuckered out from over-tweeting. This is not a sport! Here is a real sport! “Philadelphia Eagles players stood arm in arm, joined by their coaches as well as owner Jeffrey Lurie, … Continue reading →

“Hall of Fame driver Richard Petty and current team owner of the No. 43 Cup Series team of Aric Almirola agrees with Trump. “Anybody that don’t stand up for the anthem oughta be out of the country. Period. What got … Continue reading →

“I find situations that correlate to my verbal expressions, as if I had created them,” he said, with a tinge of an accent from his native Austria. “But I didn’t create them. But they are there. My theory is that … Continue reading →

‘ When You Close Your Eyes’ was published in September of 2000. The hit movie ‘Big Eyes’ came out fourteen years later. Our aunt and uncle were good friends of Walter and Margaret Keene. Jim Bigalow owned ‘Sam’s Anchor Cafe’ … Continue reading →

Above is the home of Adolph Maillard, at Castle Rock that is near Woodacre. Adolph sold his property to the Lagunitas Development Company who sold eight ajoining tracts of land to August D. Stuttmeister the daughter of Carl Janke who … Continue reading →

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My struggle to keep going, keep blogging, and keep looking, is epic. I have no money, yet I produce more than the billionaires. Two months ago my childhood friend, Nancy Hamren, talked about our past…

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Here is a photo of my great grandmother, Alice Stuttmeister, when she was young. She and a friend (in background) are on Neptune Beach in Alameda California. Here is another theme park like the one…