royanthonyshabla.com forever!

patrick told me i was a little hard on the hindus. he meant that in my newsletter, my description of how the indian internet technicians attempted to extort money from me by changing the passwords to my websites was harsh. he doesnt realize the emotional distress and huge amounts of money this cost me. he doesnt realize the loss of business and extra hard work it cost me. just today, my dear friend and new webmistress karen guido of tinicum designs made a report: all websites are returned to my control, all domaine names are returned to my property, and the renovations of both blesstheworld.com and royanthonyshabla.com are completed. we definitely have a reason to celebrate! almost $15,000 later, everything is back on track! and the bonus is this: if you go to google and search on "spiritual remedies" or psychic consultation" i come up on the first page, in the top ten. now that is amazing!

yesterday was my annual trip to laguna with big jeanne, cinder, and randy. cinder is not cinderella but cinderrama and we always have a good time. randy, her husband, sits in the "husband" chair that most boutiques, antique stores, and art galleries provide... while we shop. the day was spent walking through the village and, not to waste time, we placed a bunch of graffiti stickers on our rounds ~ often under the noses of the local police and firemen (who all look like swimwear models)... we always have a nice lunch at a restaurant with a balcony over the beach... and of course, a bottle of wine. i wonder what the poor people were doing!

the trip coincided perfectly with michael jacksons memorial ~ we were travelling in the opposite direction of the staples center. most people die when they are dead ~ he seems more alive now than ever! the family should freeze his body and take it on the road, michael on ice (i wouldnt put it past them)... or if there are pre-pubescent boys on skates, the ice-capades!

all these mourners must have seen and heard something i didnt. and millions of people couldnt be wrong. look at the stock market. im glad they were watching the memorial instead of crowding up my trip to laguna ~ we even found great parking!

i have been hanging paintings and working in the garden a lot this last couple weeks... getting the house ready for a big event next sunday. i am having a party to show my art, film, poetry... to celebrate the deliciousness of life... to give hope to the masses during this time of economic depression. there will be live original jazz, veggie/vegan finger food, and lots of alcohol! banners and poetry will fill the garden, paintings and film will fill the house. if you are in the los angeles area, come and celebrate the delightful perfume of my existence.

the invitiation is on my website. email for directions.

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the conflict in iran is escalating yet the teaser for the evening news is "how michael jackson impersonators are dealing with his death"... what is wrong with us?

sublime begets sublime

w s merwin the great american poet was on charlie rose the other night reading from his new pulitzer prize winning book, shadow of sirius. he was always a beautiful man and age has not changed that. likewise he was always a lovely writer and the years have not changed that either. the first line of the first poem of his new book was taken from the first line of the first poem of my book from the eighties, flowers of ecstasy. in fact the entire first poem is after the first poem from my book... so wonderful to be that highly regarded by one of americas greatest living poets. i am honored.

the reading was truthful and clear and the dialogue was interesting. much of what merwin said to charlie rose replayed our rare and intoxicating late night conversations in my garden, bottle of wine and crackers not withstanding. it is a delight to speak with someone who actually has original thoughts, something worth saying. you see many of the ideas from our conversations (which are repeated in that interview with charlie rose) in my book, eating god. we have been a great influence on each other.

those conversations on the birth of art/poetry/music are reflected in my new series of paintings, jazz poems. the paintings are meditations on the physics of creativity... sublime begets sublime.

blesstheworld.com

my website, blesstheworld.com, had been held hostage by hindus in india for two years ~ we couldnt update it or fix all the problems they created... they had changed passwords and were extorting money and even my old webgirl miriam (who is in mexico and subsequently dumped me at the height of the problems) couldnt fix the mess she created. my dear friend karen guido saved the day! it has taken awhile but we built a new, stylish, simple, modern website and yesterday did a hostile takeover of my own domain. we have regained control and blesstheworld.com is now live online, functioning and current. the shopping cart works. the newsletter works. and it all makes sense! all the money, time, and energy i spent with the hindus had to be scrapped. it was a waste except for the lesson learned: buy american! i have a wonderful site now and im happy with what we have done. it is a great thing! many many many thanks to karen guido and tinicum designs.