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Ron

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About Me


My name is Ron.
I'm presently a novelist, though most of my adult life I was a recording engineer. I've also worked as a performing musician, guitar teacher, cost accountant, corporate tax accountant, and video engineer.
I was born and grew up in Southern California.
I have three children: Jesse (8/11/75-3/6/94), a brilliant guitarist, artist, and writer; Daniel, 7 years old, a math genius, artist, and Legos design engineer; and my darling little Emma, my baby girl, 23 months old. They are the most important people in my life. My first son, Jesse (pictured first), died at the age of 18 in 1994. Not a day, not an hour, not a minute goes by that I don't miss him terribly.


Favorite quotes:
"The heart has its reasons that reason takes no account of." -- Blaise Pascal.
"I can resist everything except temptation." -- Oscar Wilde.
Pete Yorn - American Blues Vol. 1
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids....

My Interests

My children, music, and working on my new novel about my son, Jesse.

I'd like to meet:


Albert Einstein.
John Lennon.
(And it's "Whom" I'd like to meet.)

Music:


The Beatles, John Lennon, George Harrison. John Mayall. Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac. Will Brady. Dan Fogelberg. Neil Young. Shannon O'Neill. The Kinks. Gene Clark. Batdorf and Rodney. Salim Nourallah. David Hopkins. Spencer Davis. Jesse Winchester. James Taylor. Bob Dylan. Leonard Cohen. Eric Clapton. Mark Knopfler. Van Morrison. John Denver. Alvin Lee. Jim Croce. Tom Petty. Robert Johnson. Jackson Browne. Moody Blues. Pink Floyd. Donovan. Neil Finn. Crowded House. Mitchell Schaffer. The Incredible String Band. Roy Orbison. Counting Crows. David Gray. Andy Mac. Fertitta and McClintock. Todd McCool. Just Dave. Johnny Strat. Bob Seger. John Neilson. Josh Kelley. Jay Nash. Joshua Radin. Carter Albrecht. Butch Walker. Cat Stevens. Charlie Parker. Will Carroll. David Ford. Jeff Buckley. David Wilcox. Joshua James.

Salim Nourallah live -- "Don't Be Afraid"
Salim Nourallah video -- "The World Is Full Of People Who Want To Hurt You"
David Hopkins Live -- "Three Times Zero"

Andy Mac live -- "How Am I To Know"
David Ford -- "I'm Alright Now"
Dave Fertitta and Steven McClintock live -- "Do You Run"
Mitchell Schaffer - "Appreciate You"
Johnny Strat -- "Smaller Than My Shadow"

Movies:

Rumble Fish. The Days of Wine and Roses. Lost Weekend. Rear Window. The Third Man. Casablanca. Kramer vs Kramer. A Hard Day's Night. Stardust (1974 with David Essex). Some Like It Hot. Easy Rider.

Television:

Old Sitcoms. Old Movies.

Books:

Slaughterhouse Five. Of Human Bondage. The Picture of Dorian Gray. Focus. Lolita. David Copperfield. The Grapes of Wrath. Wuthering Heights. Rebecca. Teleny. Anything by P.G. Wodehouse, Valdimir Nabokov, Kurt Vonnegut, Charles Dickens, John Steinbeck, James M. Cain, Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde, Anthony Trollope, or Elizabeth Gaskell.

Heroes:

My father, Robert (1924-1998). My son, Jesse (1975-1994). John Lennon (1940-1980).
John Lennon -- "Imagine"

My Blog

What do you say to someone who has lost a child?

I understand how difficult it is to know what to say, or if to say anything. It's awkward. You feel no words can heal the wounds. And why even bring up a painful subject? It's hard to go wrong, though...
Posted by Ron on Sat, 20 Sep 2008 06:56:00 PST

My Son Jesses Tribute Page

Please, all of you, visit my son Jesse's tribute page at www.myspace.com/jessetributepage or just click on his picture in my friends space, and add him to your friends.  A comment might be n...
Posted by Ron on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 09:33:00 PST

Another Day Is Here

Two short days ago was my son's birthday. My first son, Jesse. A wonderful occasion? He died over 14 years ago. Usually at this time, I'm wallowing in the depths of depair.But this year, though I stil...
Posted by Ron on Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:40:00 PST

Jesse's Birthday by Salim Nourallah

  another day is herejust like all of the restnothing special at allthe sun comes upwe wake upeat our breakfastgo to workcome homemake dinnerwatch some tvread a few chapters in a bookgo to sleepi...
Posted by Ron on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:50:00 PST

Tomorrow Is My Sons Birthday

Tomorrow, August 11th, is my son Jesse's birthday.  My first son.  He would have been 33.  For the fifteenth year in a row, I'll visited him at his grave.  No celebration, no ...
Posted by Ron on Sun, 10 Aug 2008 08:30:00 PST

Letter to Governor Schwarzenegger re Education Cuts

I am the father of a disabled 21 month old baby.  She is the sweetest, most lovable child, but she was born with Cri-du-chat, a genetic malformity, where part of her fifth chromosome is missing, ...
Posted by Ron on Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:28:00 PST

13 Days and Counting

In 13 days it'll be my son Jesse's birthday.  My first son.  He would have been 33.  As I've done for the last 14 years, I'll visit him at his grave.  My birthday, my 55th this yea...
Posted by Ron on Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:14:00 PST

Silence

You tell me that silenceis nearer to peace than poemsbut if for my giftI brought you silence(for I know silence)you would say"This is not silencethis is another poem"and you would hand it back to me.-...
Posted by Ron on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:18:00 PST

Jesses death in the words of his friend, Perry

March 6th was the anniversary of my old guitarist friend Jesse's death. He passed away in 1994 at way too young an age. He was just 18 when drugs, guns and a haunted past contributed the fin...
Posted by Ron on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:40:00 PST

Thanks for the support

Thanks to all of you who showed me support on March 6th, the 14th anniversary of my son Jesse’s death.  It meant a lot to me.  People I’ve met once or twice, people I’...
Posted by Ron on Sat, 08 Mar 2008 06:26:00 PST