Picasso Original — RARE 1944 WWII period plate-signed copperplate engraving, $12,500 in an exquisitely rich carved gilded wood frame. Absolutely no one else has this, and it is one of the rarest of Picasso original works on paper.
“So what?” you ask, “what has that got to do with me?”. Continue reading
Suddenly overnight find yourself living in an Autocracy? Don’t know what to do, don’t know the right words, don’t know the right people?
First off, are you now, or have you ever been, a member of an organized political party? If you answer yes, you won’t have ever voted Democrat.
I’m taking a few moments away from working out on my Gretsch guitele, which finally has some new strings, although I haven’t yet affixed them to same, so I can write and sing some more devastatingly hilarious folk songs about Trumplestiltskin, to write a letter to Rachel Maddow, expressing a concern that you might also have about your own situation, so here’s an Open Letter To Rachel Maddow (I posted an email directly to her desk as well):
Hi, Rachel! I’m now 78 years out of port, having seen a hell of a lot. I’m a pro writer (Galaxy SF magazine, OMNI and a host of tv spots, gags & treatments and some 50 books currently in print and actually selling now and then) and that’s what I’m writing about. It’s not fanmail, although I have to say that your show is the only one I NEVER miss. This sometimes causes astonishing and unexpected situations. On the writing front, like John Lithgow — and this is the only comparison I’m going to make — I HAD to write a book about Trump or bust, and I did. It’s titled “Trump is a Four-Letter Word”. I hope my grandkids don’t adopt the same linquistic style as our current white house clown and, yes, I know — elect a clown, you get a circus. Well, I wrote the book and put it up for sale in a variety of formats, some three years ago. Like any other writer exercising First Amendment Rights and Steamletting Procedures, I vented full and well, and the book sits waiting for that viral moment, for which I may or may not be here. I’m sitting here these days waiting for that knock on the door, and that’s the reason I’m writing you. You’re the closest living being to Sherlock Holmes I’ve ever seen in action, so tell me — how long do I have to wait for that midnight knock?– ej gold
Is there anything you’ve done lately that might come to the direct attention of Trump or one or more of his brown-shirt goons?
If so, you might be high up on his LIST. You know which list I mean — the one that Nixon also kept.
It used to be bipartisan time, but now, it’s Friend or Enemy.
If you aren’t on the top of the ENEMIES list, don’t worry — your time will come soon enough. Actually EVERYBODY is on his list — he wants to take the entire planet with him when he goes.
The Bardo is NOT a lonely place, if you have friends in high places.
Got a book in you that’s demanding to get out? Hey, why wait until you can’t do it any more??? Write it now.
Are you a member of Congress? This is the time to speak out while you still can.
Do you have a vote? If you don’t vote, you can’t complain.
See You At The Top!
gorby
What you’re looking at here is an 1826 Capped Liberty Bust Solid Silver Half Dollar SLABBED into a circular coin-friendly acrylic capsule and foam shockproofing, then mounted on a handpainted fibrecraft box, then cleverly daubed with glitter-glue.
DO THE MATH — This coin was made and issued in 1826, only 14 years after the War of 1812 when the British marched on, and burned, the White House, along with some of the city of Washington, until the rainstorm came along to stop it.
So where the hell are the British today? Are they any better off? Think about it! Only fourteen years after the war of 1812, and how many after the War of Independence, often incorrectly referred to as the “Revolutionary War”, just as “The War Between the States” is often quite wrongly called the “Civil War” — it was anything but civil.
We’re now on the eve of the Second Civil War, and I’m trying to get a handle on which coins will be collector’s items in the future — I only know of the few examples that have survived into the 37th century, which is where I actually am, communing with this ever-so-quaint 21st century SIM of Planet Earth which you call “The Real World”.
Pardon me, while I laugh. (ref: Twain, “Connecticut Yankee” op cit.)
There’s more to all this than meets the eye, but you need to know a little history in order to successfully collect, trade and/or deal coins, and if you’re making the coins into coin-topped snuff boxes, stash boxes, trinket boxes, notion boxes, collectible boxes or super-saturated overdecorated mini-treasure-chests, I have the answer. Continue reading
The Purges have begun. Everyone who has been critical of Trump will be rounded up and taken to the wall, and I don’t mean the one the Mexicans paid for, and I’ll be among them for a variety of offenses including my latest book, “Trump is a Four-Letter Word”, and my Protest Songbook, Protest CD album and of course my annoying videogames that make fun of Trump and his allies.
I’ll be taken down along with Joan Baez for singing “Nasty Man”, and I’ve no doubt that John Lithgow will be taken away kicking and screaming for having written and published the book, “Dumpty”, a New York Times Bestseller that was presented to me by Dick and Pat — they found it at the Bookseller in town.
The said “Dumpty” is funny as hell, or it would be if it weren’t describing a dictatorship in the making.
It’s a nicely bound hardcover which has within its hallowed halls such treasures as The Mortification of Elliot Broidy, The Walrus and the Kleptocrat, Jared & Mohammed and much, much more, all of which are well-constructed and well thought-out poetic criticisms of the Mad King Trump the IIIrd, no relation to Mad King George except the outright lunacy and disregard for people.
Will Trump be stopped? Yes, he will. I have it on good authority that eventually, he WILL be stopped. The key word there is “eventually”. Don’t hold your breath. Continue reading
I’m reposting this ancient blog from May of 2014, because Trumpism has made it necessary to get all important art and history items out of the area and into safe zones, away from the anti-history and anti-intellectualism of Trump World.
My entire plan is to find a good home for the Donner collection as a 30% expansion of the first edition, which is currently all that is known from the Donner family documents and witness sources, but I am offering a NEW edition with the expansion, which includes the original edition, which was in its time a best-seller.
I have, as you’d expect, a signed copy of the original book, but along with that, I have a ton of original letters, unpublished photos and private family data that no one else knows about or has ever seen, at least in the past 50 years or so.
I’m hoping that some entrepreneur will see the financial and historical wisdom in republishing the original bestseller book, but with this additional information added on, plus the many photos I have of the family.
I also have the contents of the Donner Cabin located near Yakima, Washington, where the family gold mine, the “Glory Hole” was worked up until WW II, which Donald thinks means “World War Eleven”. He may be right.
The two most vital and memorable incidents in early California history are the Donner Party and the ’49er Gold Rush. I don’t even have to tell you what those are about. If you’re like most Americans, especially Californians, you’ll know, and you’ll know all the really bad stuff first and maybe the other stuff last.
I happen to be a member of the early pioneer family known as “The Donner Party”, and I have on hand a bunch of unpublished Donner Party memorabilia that could well be instrumental in discovering what actually happened at Donner Pass.
Maybe these documents will tell the story; they’re waiting for historians to get hold of them, and maybe YOU could be the one to make that happen!
This collection of the UNPUBLISHED LONG-LOST DONNER PARTY LETTERS, PAPERS & PHOTOS is perhaps the most important historical discovery related to early California history in this century, and is now available for sale to some lucky person. The collection is all original documents — and the collection includes many letters, Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes and other early photographs, magazine & newspaper articles, gold “California Fractionals” and other memorabilia which may solve many of the remaining mysteries related to the Donner Party Tragedy. Here’s a partial listing…
All original documents are included, along with the vintage 1912 typewritten transcriptions, with translations into modern standard English spelling and punctuation, from the phonetic guesswork of the 19th century writers.
1. A Letter Dated March 18, 1852 To Sister Eliza from Georganner (Georgia Ann Donner). Eliza and Georgia Ann were daughters of George Donner and Tamsen Eustis Dozier Donner. 4 Pages on Folded Sheet, 9 3/4″ x 15″. Includes 1912 typewritten of the above letter.
2. A Letter Dated November 4th (no year, probably 1857) to Sister Eliza from Georgia Donner. Four pages of text on 2 double-sided sheets of lined school writing paper, 8″ x 10″.
3. A Letter Dated February 21st (no year, very likely 1866) to Eliza from Georgia Donner. This is part of a much longer letter that no longer exists or was never completed. We have the remaining two pages on 1 sheet of lined school paper, 8″ x 10″.
4. A Letter Dated April 28th, 1897, to Sister Eliza from Georgia Donner Babcock. Four pages of Text on 1 folded sheet of lined school paper, 9 7/8″ x 14 3/4″.
5. A Letter Dated October 5, 1898, to Sister Eliza from Georgia Donner Babcock. 4 Pages of Text on 2 sheets of lined school paper, 8″ x 10″.
6. A Letter Dated December 9, 1899 to Sister Eliza from Georgia Donner Babcock. There are six pages, on 3 sheets of lined school paper, 8″ x 10″.
7. A Letter Dated March 6, 1912 to Mrs. L.O. Houghton (Eliza Donner) from Martha Jane Reed Lewis. Four pages on 4 sheets of wove paper stock, 6 1/8″ x 10 1/2″. The Original Draft of this letter at Sutter’s Fort.
8. ORIGINAL 1912 TYPED MANUSCRIPT of a Letter to Martha Jane Reed Lewis from Eliza P. Donner Houghton, March 18, 1912. Two Pages typed in 1912, on 8 1/2″ x 11″ paper.
9. A Letter Dated May 16, 1912 from Ida Babcock (Daughter-in-Law of Georgia Donner Babcock, wife of Frank Babcock). Eight pages of text on 2 sheets of folded paper, 6 1/2″ x 10 1/4″.
10. A Letter Dated August 5, 1927 from Frank Babcock (son of Georgia Donner Babcock) to Clara. Four Pages of Text on 1 folded sheet of wove paper, 7″ x 10 3/4″.
11. A Letter to Mrs. James F. Cunningham from Patricia Ferm, Secretary Hazen & Jaeger Funeral Homes, Inc. Spokane, Washington, June 8, 1976.
12. A Letter from Ann Houghton Smith (grand-daughter of Sherman O. Houghton and Eliza Donner Houghton) to Mr. Paul Donner Spencer (great-great grandson of Georgia Donner Babcock), May 20, 1987. Two pages of Text on 2 sheets of wove paper, 5 3/4″ x 7 3/4″, with envelope. Enclosed is a copy of a picture; the original states on the back, “Mrs. Jos. Donner”.
13. A Letter to Paul Donner Spencer and Eve Paige Spencer from Doris Wilder Shera (great grand-daughter of George & Tamsen Donner, grand-daughter of Frances E. Donner Wilder) Dated July 16, 1987. Four pages of Text on 1 folded sheet, 7″ x 10″.
14. A Letter from Ann Smith, July 6, 1990, to Paul Donner Spencer. Two pages of Text on 1 sheet of wove note paper, 7″ x 9″.
15. A Photograph — Georgia Donner Babcock, 2 1/2″ x 4 3/8″, Wright’s Art & Portrait Gallery, No. 284 Santa Clara Street, San Jose, California.
16. A Photograph — Georgia Donner Babcock, 4 1/4″ x 6 1/2″, The Elite Studio, 818 Riverside Avenue, Spokane, Washington.
17. Mrs. Christian Mary Brunner with Georgia & Eliza Donner, 4 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ in paper frame, 7″ x 9″, Identified by Letter #14.
18. News Clipping: Ripley’s Believe it or Not, Donner Party, Los Angeles Times, August 13, 1932.
19. News Clipping: Girls of the Golden West — Mrs. Margaret Breen. “History contains no finer chaper of faith and courage than heroine of Donner Party wrote while death lurked in the snow.” — Anna Sommer, 1933.
20. News Clipping: Kin of Girl Saved from Donner Party Fate Visits Salt Lake City. (Mrs. Frank B. Babcock). Exhibit in Salt Lake City depicting details of the Nevadas tragedy induces group to confer with S.U.P. Head. Deseret News, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 18, 1936.
21. News Clipping COPY: The Donner Party — an Odyssey of the Pioneers of 1846. “A fortunate co-incidence adds to our ranks a “Son” of the Donner Party Pioneers, Ben Donner Babcock.” — The Pioneer, September/October 1936, a photocopy of the original, 2 pages.
22. News Clipping: Daughter of Donner Succumbs — Death of Mrs. Leanna C. Donner-App. “Only two now remain of historic and ill-fated Donner Party, 1940.
23. News Clipping Mourn Pioneer — Death of Mrs. Leanna Charity Donner App at age 95, with current photo and drawing of the tragedy scenario, 1940.
24. News Clipping: Tragedy Survivor Discovered — “Last of Donners breaks Lifetime Rule not to talk.” Photo of Mrs. Leanna Charity Donner App and film actress Mary Brian with short article, June 11, 1939, in pencil, 1940 in ink.
25. News Clipping: Launching Ceremony Tonight to Honor Noted State Pioneer Sherman Otis Houghton. Long Beach Press-Telegram, February 4, 1944.
26. News Clipping COPY: Donner Party Meets Tragedy & a Map of Routes Taken by Early Explorers — Utah Centennial, 1847-1947. A photocopy of the original, 2 pages.
27. News Clipping: Tales of the Golden West —“This Donner Party Repast was Filling”, by Joe Smith, Sacramento Bee, December 20, 1970.
28. News Clipping: Breaks Another Record —Re: Mrs. Julia Cooley Altrocchi, author of “The Snow-Covered Wagon”, an epic poem of the Donner Party. unidentified newspaper, no date.
29. News Clipping: University Archives Used in Donner Party Documentary. —University of Wyoming’s American Heritage Center. no date.
30. DONNER PARTY PEDIGREE CHART. Compiled by James F. Cunningham, Dated January 15, 1976.
Other family items are included in the sale, related to the Donner Party and succeeding family generations, including many unclassified and unsorted and in some cases unidentified antique tintypes, Daguerreotypes and other early photographs, along with other related documents.
Personal profit from family papers? No, thanks. I already turned down $15 million from the California Lottery, and I’m happy I did.
I see this collection as a very important collection, and any wealthy California History Buff would and should give their eye-teeth to acquire it, and donate it to a worthy museum, and the money goes to a good cause — our ashram project, which includes several ashrams out of the country — I have recently applied for and received a passport to make this possible.
Sure, I can go to Sotheby’s or Christie’s with this collection — I have a very good relationship with them through the past 55 years of art dealing — but I want to alert folks that this exists.
Perhaps other hoards of early California history will turn up as a result. I have some ideas in relation to this. I believe firmly that there will never be as incredible a collection of Donner Party memorabilia and private papers as this in the foreseeable future.
Make me an offer I can’t refuse.
See You At The Top!!!
gorby
Yeah, I’ve got a whole new product in my hands tonight — A guaranteed authentic 100-year-old VERY VINTAGE U.S. 1920 Lincoln Penny sealed into a protective acrylic capsule which is then mounted on a tiny papier-mache box to make a small and intricately designed “Trinkets & Treasures Box” or what is commonly called a “Memory Box”.
You’d keep small personal items that belonged to a person, place or time in there, which creates a powerful bond with the space-time config that is the source of the memorabilia. Continue reading
Our Dear Little Buttercup says it all: “Your Pet Will Love You For This!” She hopes that every pet will have their very own Pet Particle someday soon!
This small but powerful collar-tag charm contains an entire 3-D virtual world in which positive affirmations are going on all the time, along with the quantum mechanics necessary to maintain telepathic communication between you and your pet or pets. Continue reading
I’m preparing a run of CLEANSING RADIATION Orbs that match the intentions of the REMEDY Orbs, but that work a whole lot more thoroughly, thanks to the Scrubber Effect and a bunch of new CR –that’s “Cleansing Radiations” — operations.
In short, it’s a LOT more active and the general effect is a LOT better, so try them for FREE on youtube, where I’ll be loading them up.
If you view them on youtube, not only are they totally FREE, but you can see them on your cellphone, and that means you can direct others to look on their cellphones and see the same thing!
If they’re viewed as youtube videos, there’s no download, no install, no nothing’ — just view it and another and another until the PLAYLIST string runs out, which is never. Continue reading
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFJLXFbrJyc
I’m making a series of PASSIVELY ACTIVE Cleansing Radiation Orbs, starting with Karma Wash, seen here, and tonight I’m starting to work on Cleansing Radations: Fear Reduction, which I think is very needed in this Age of Trump, especially if you’re among ANY minority, and that goes double if you’re also a progressive liberal pinko commie sympathizer, which is the standard set by Joe McCarthy to which all Senators must now pay obeisance.
Yes, obeisance. Related to fealty, don’t ya know??? This whole subject of swearing fealty is coming back with a vengeance, especially with a totally transactional group of assholes in charge of Washington’s what is laughingly called “government”. Thank the Gods we don’t get as much government as we pay for.
The current theory of government is to give all the power to Moscow Mitch McConnell, and to destroy the lives of children — not just separating immigrant kids from parents at the border, but brutally attacking the children of political rivals, including Hunter Biden and Baron Trump, of whom it has been said that you can name him Baron, but you can’t make him one.
I noted a particularly dirty moment yesterday, when the Evil Countess Donnie Trump attacked a climate change activist, as a matter of fact, a minor, a 16 year old girl, but this is not the first time he’s done that, I’m sure. Continue reading
Yes, you can totally and completely wipe out any vestige of the existence of Trump simply by using Diablo 2 as a meditative field of concentration, mindfulness and effective iron-age combat skills plus a seriously developed sense of winning battle strategies.
I view D2 not only as a learning field and skill developing area but also a way of immersing yourself in another completely different world, a world in which Trump and Trumpians simply don’t exist, and if they did, they wouldn’t last long among the other dungeon monsters.
I make money from Trump. He feeds my comedy needs and keeps my blogs interesting, just because the guy is dangerous enough to get your full attention, like someone with their hands around your most delicate body-parts.
Let’s be perfectly clear here — I am not a “nevertrumper” — never heard of Trump before he was elected — nor am I a Trump-Hater, although it’s hard not to be, due to his incessant need to have his branded name in the news cycle every single day.
It’s reminiscent of the constant blaring of loudspeakers in countries which have fallen to dictators, talking constantly about their “Beloved Great Leader”, usually just another dumb shmuck with a talent for mass murder and some friends in high places, generally along the lines of some religious fanatics who feel the need to control everyone and make them all either be exactly like them, or push up daisies.
Generally, as is the case with wise-ass standup comics like myself, the case for daisies is easy to make. I have to have SOME frigging escape from the Mad King of Amerika, and D2 is my first choice.
I am highly skilled at very deep levels of meditation and mentation, but nothing works against Trump, Trumpies and Trumpism as well as Diablo 2.
Keep in mind that you’re battling the forces of Hell and that the demons are out there, more or less the entire GOP, and they’re busily swarming and devouring the wheat all over the world, and there are zombies and hate-filled vermin everywhere, and all you’ve got to stop them when you first get into the world of Diablo 2 is the equivalent of a fist-axe or a blunt instrument resembling a lead pipe. Continue reading