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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

The Civil War Journal & Letters Pages 51 - 61
















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The Civil War Journal & Letters Pages 41 - 50














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The Civil War Journal & Letters Pages 31 - 40














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I found out my legal given name was Mary Linda, a clever  amalgamation of my mother's, when I started Kindergarten. She did not explain the nickname when I asked her. Noting the fact, I continued to use the name most familiar to me, Melinda. I changed this, legally, by usage and alteration of all legal documents when I was 23 to Melinda Pillsbury-Foster.

Pillsbury and Foster are the two lines of my family who most resonated with my own beliefs. 

 Dad, Dr. Arthur F. Pillsbury, had just received his PhD from Stanford in Civil Engineering. It was 1933 and the Depression was growing ever worse when he and Mother married. Dad's first job was designing programs for the Civilian Conservation Corp., and they spent their honeymoon in a tent traveling from location to location. More on their marriage

Dad's father was Arthur C. Pillsbury, preservationist, inventor and naturalist.

Mom and Dad honeymooned in a tent, moving around while Dad planned out and oversaw projects for the Civilian Conservation Corp in 1932.  They kept the tent until it fell apart. We kids loved the tent. We camped out in it in the backyard, practicing for time at the cabin in Cedar Slope, which was also fun. Dad believed children should learn how to work and think for themselves.

There were five of us, Anne, Carol, Charles (Cappy), Melinda and Stephen. The family genealogy is HERE.

We had our squabbles but loved each other very much. Stephen and I are the only siblings left, Anne, Carol, and Cappy died of causes related to the family heart condition.

Today I'm working on bringing to market technologies for making a sustainable future available.

The other part of the story is what life has taught me about psychopaths. Don't marry them. If you do you could have a child who is also a psychopath. My first child, Carolyn Anne Barteaux, now Morgan Gell, is a psychopath. Realizing this was at the same time liberating and emotionally devastating. If this happens to you, take steps to protect yourself. Morgan Pillsbury Gell

It was at Morgan's suggestion I wrote the most ignored novel in human history, GREED – The NeoConning of America. She wanted to be the heroine and so I rewrote reality some to make this possible – but the stories outside the romantic through line are all true.

The book is being reissued, with explanation, and will be available on Amazon this month.

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