I have known Melody Gillespie since approximately 2006, when I was living at my cabin at Cedar Slope, which I had owned since 1983, though I had been vacationing with my family at Cedar Slope since I was four years old, around 1954 at Uncle Chuck’s cabin at what was then known as the Zumwalt Cabin, which had been built by Paul Gordeuk for the Elmo Zumwalt family.
Paul had introduced Uncle Chuck, Charles Lafayette Reasoner, then the head for Standard Oil in Bakersfield, to Cedar Slope. Paul worked for Uncle Chuck for the company in Bakersfield.
Dad, who was a professor of Water Resources at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) had, himself, been raised at his father’s studio in Yosemite and wanted his children to experience the glories of the natural world.
We passed through Porterville regularly and generally bought our groceries there.
The only year we missed going to Cedar Slope was the year Dad was carrying out his sabbatical for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome. Dad had arranged to buy a new Mercedes, which was delivered to us at our apartment in L’EUR in the western part of Rome.
After the end of the school year, my younger brother, Stephen Martin Pillsbury and I were at schools in Rome, we toured Europe, hitting most of the countries, including Berlin, for which we had to take a plane, as it was not yet possible to drive there.
Living at my cabin at Cedar Slope full time, followed the births of my five children from three marriages. Those were the beginning of my interest in the issue of psychopathy, a subject on which as CEO for Freedom Interactive TV Networks and Women Leading, our launching network, we are ready to launch several shows (E-pics) on the problems caused by psychopathic individuals. The first show in the lineup on the subject can be viewed at: PsychoKin.us
Individuals exhibiting psychopathic behavior, ranging from mild to extreme, are now estimated to account for 30% of humanity. See PsychopathyIs
Having now introduced myself briefly, we will go on to my long relationship with Melody Gillespie, which began with a phone call in 2008.
Melody was hosting a radio show at First Amendment Radio when I first met Melody in person, having spent many hours on the phone with her on our shared interest in radio as a medium for dialoging with listeners on issues. Psychopathy was one of the many issues that drew us together.
My show, The Melinda Show, was hosted on BBS Radio, through from there I would move onto four different stations as my subjects covered changed, over the years. Shows were weekly, had advertising, and my guests covered a wide range of topics.
Today, radio as a medium still has its place, but in 2016 I met a TV producer, who had launched his first TV show in 1992, PhoneVoter TV Network, which changed the outcome of the 1992 election. On our legacy site above, you can learn how George H. W. Bush, the most popular president in history at the beginning of 1992, was defeated by Bill Clinton.
Melody and I began our discussions on freedom issues, which were of interest to both of us. As you may know, Nickolas Hoffman is running the covert station on which First Amendment Radio is broadcast. My first meeting with Nickolas occurred during that first in person meeting with Melody at her then residence with Courtney at North Lime in Porterville. Hoffman walked over to us from next door and insisted on interrupting our conversation. Melody, politely, introduced us.
I would find out much more about Hoffman through Richard Palmquist, who owned the radio station, KDNO, which Hoffman stole, and is now known as First Amendment Radio. Richard came out to see me when I was doing a later show in Ohio while I was living there. All of this time, however, Melody and I have remained close friends, and Richard and I still talk on occasion.
