Meetings and Stories
The Wondrous Journey of My Life
by Mark R. Elsis
I am writing a book, Meetings and Stories, about my scores of meetings with notable people,
predominantly in the arts, and my lifetime of incredibly fascinating and remarkable stories.
I have 44 chapters already written and have at least 64 more to write before it’s finished.
God willing, I will publish one or more chapters every month and be finished in 2032.
Thank you, Mark R. Elsis
The latest chapter was published on Friday, May 30, 2025:
Chapter 11, Steve Prefontaine
Stop Pre
by Mark R. Elsis
https://MeetingsAndStories.com/Steve-Prefontaine-by-Mark-R-Elsis
The next chapter will be published on Sunday, October 26, 2025:
Chapter 12, Tennessee Williams
The Wedding Crasher
by Mark R. Elsis
https://MeetingsAndStories.com/Tennessee-Williams-by-Mark-R-Elsis
Here are the first twenty chapters.
Eleven are online.
Seven will be published soon.
Three more will be published later in 2026.
Chapter 1, Curly Neal
Thank You, Curly Neal
by Mark R. Elsis
https://MeetingsAndStories.com/Curly-Neal-by-Mark-R-Elsis
Chapter 2, Andy Warhol
Fifteen Seconds With Andy Warhol
by Mark R. Elsis
https://MeetingsAndStories.com/Andy-Warhol-by-Mark-R-Elsis
Chapter 3, Bill Murray
Bill Murray Leaving The Nursery At Dawn
by Mark R. Elsis
https://MeetingsAndStories.com/Bill-Murray-by-Mark-R-Elsis
Chapter 4, Brian Doyle-Murray
Driving Brian Doyle-Murray To The Mudd Club
by Mark R. Elsis
https://MeetingsAndStories.com/Brian-Doyle-Murray-by-Mark-R-Elsis
Chapter 5, Phil Lynott
Two Irish Poets
by Mark R. Elsis
https://MeetingsAndStories.com/Phil-Lynott-by-Mark-R-Elsis
Chapter 6, Michael Jackson
The Genesis Of Beat It
by Mark R. Elsis
https://MeetingsAndStories.com/Michael-Jackson-by-Mark-R-Elsis
Chapter 7, Pattie Boyd
Something
by Mark R. Elsis
https://MeetingsAndStories.com/Pattie-Boyd-by-Mark-R-Elsis
Chapter 8, Alexander Haig
Terminological Inexactitude
by Mark R. Elsis
https://MeetingsAndStories.com/Alexander Haig-by-Mark-R-Elsis
Chapter 9, Michael Yeats
You’re An Irish Poet
by Mark R. Elsis
https://MeetingsAndStories.com/Michael-Yeats-by-Mark-R-Elsis
Chapter 10, Robin Williams
My Two Meetings With Robin Williams
by Mark R. Elsis
https://MeetingsAndStories.com/Robin-Williams-by-Mark-R-Elsis
Chapter 11, Steve Prefontaine
Stop Pre
by Mark R. Elsis
https://MeetingsAndStories.com/Steve-Prefontaine-by-Mark-R-Elsis
Chapter 12, Tennessee Williams
The Wedding Crasher
by Mark R. Elsis
https://MeetingsAndStories.com/Tennessee-Williams-by-Mark-R-Elsis
Chapter 13, Lincoln – Kennedy Coincidences
(Not Online And Will Be Published On Saturday, November 22, 2025
by Mark R. Elsis
Abraham Lincoln February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865)
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963)
https://MeetingsAndStories.com/Lincoln-Kennedy-Coincidences-by-Mark-R-Elsis
Chapter 14, This Chapter, Frank Sinatra
(Not Online And Will Be Published On Friday, December 12, 2025)
Chairman Of The Board
by Mark R. Elsis
https://MeetingsAndStories.com/Frank-Sinatra-by-Mark-R-Elsis
Chapter 15, Mark J. Elsis
(This Article Is Online At Lovearth.net – It Will Be Updated And Published On MeetingAndStories.com On January 13, 2026, To Commemorate The 100th Birthday Of My Father)
Thank You, Dad
January 13, 1926 – November 16, 2018
by Mark R. Elsis
https://Lovearth.net/ThankYouDad
Chapter 16, Dexter Scott King
(Not Online And Will Be Published on Friday, January 30, 2026)
An Incredible 24 Hours
by Mark R. Elsis
https://MeetingsAndStories.com/Dexter-Scott-King-by-Mark-R-Elsis
Chapter 17, George Stephanopoulos
(Will Be Published in February 2026)
Chapter 18, Bill Clinton
(Will Be Published in March 2026)
Chapter 19, Jerry Brown
(Will Be Published in April 2026)
Chapter 20, 57th Avenue Park
(Not Online And Will Be Published in April 2026)
Perilous 57th Avenue Park And Six Lessons In Life
by Mark R. Elsis
https://MeetingsAndStories.com/57th-Avenue-Park-by-Mark-R-Elsis
Mudd Club
(This Chapter Is Online And Will Be Updated And Published In 2026)
by Mark R. Elsis
https://MeetingsAndStories.com/Mudd-Club-by-Mark-R-Elsis
Harry Chapin
(This Article Is Online And Will Be Published On MeetingAndStories.com)
One Of The Greatest Men On Earth
by Mark R. Elsis
https://EarthNewspaper.com/HarryChapin
John Denver
(This Article Is Online And Will Be Published On MeetingAndStories.com)
Love Is Why I Came Here In The First Place
by Mark R. Elsis
https://EarthNewspaper.com/JohnDenver
I Will Be Writing Dozens Of Chapters About The Following Meetings And Stories:
Here Are A Few Dozen More Of My Personal Meetings:
John F. Kennedy Jr.
David Irving
Phil Spector
Dr. Michio Kaku
Anne Ford
George Carlin
Martin Scorsese
Dick Gregory
Beverly Sills
Sean Lennon
John Belushi
Demi Moore
Chris Rock
Martin Sheen
Tom Waits
Lucille Ball
John McEnroe
Graham Parker
Rodney Dangerfield
Dr. Helen Caldicott
Issac Hayes
Joe Strummer
Graham Nash
Roy Scheider
Julia Child
Gregory Hines
Karl Malden
Nicolas Cage
Johnny Thunders
Joe Jackson
Anne Truitt
Jerry Springer
Joey Ramone
Bo Derek
Iggy Pop
Pat Summerall
Stephen Stills
Cher
Rev. Al Sharpton
Warren Zevon
Vitas Gerulaitis
Karen Black
Stephen Edberg
Margot Kidder
Ray Manzarek
George Plimpton
Ben Gazzara
Sigourney Weaver
Ric Ocasek
Link Wray
Craig Fuller
Tina Louis
Ace Frehley
Dick Vitale
Jackie Mason
Daniel Ellsberg
Elizabeth Holtzman
Steve Rubell
Bruce Willis
Al “Grandpa” Lewis
Billy Idol
Hargobind “Hargo” Khalsa
John Kaminski
Gary Null
Carol Kane
Jim Kingwell
Melvin “Mel” Weinberg
Robin Leach
William Gazecki
Here Are A Couple Dozen Of The More Than One Hundred
Notable People I’ve Corresponded With:
Deanna Spingola
Dr. Vernon Coleman
Steve “Woz” Wozniak
Dennis Kucinich
Dr. Rupert Sheldrake
John Anthony West
Pete Townshend
Mark Graffis
John Sebastain
Steve Martin
Yoko Ono
Pete Seeger
James W. Douglass
Jim Fetzer
John Bruce Campbell
Douglas Valentine
Rick Adams
Andrew Carrington Hitchcock
Dr. Joseph Mercola
Erin Elizabeth
Christopher Fogarty
Catherine Austin Fitts
Dr. E. Michael Jones
Paul Craig Roberts
Dr. Amandha Dawn Vollmer
David Martin
Dr. Gerald H. Pollack
Ellen Brown
Here Are A Couple Dozen Of The More Than One Hundred Wondrous Life Stories
And Many Of My Premonitions And Prescience:
December 8, 1980
I Want To See Paulie
I Called Al Weis Home Run In Class
July 4, 1976, At The Bottom Of The Grand Canyon
Bullitt
Four Spring Breaks At Daytona Beach
Grease 2
My 1988 And 1991 New York City Marathons
David Ferrer
My Three UFO Sightings
Losing My Religion
2:56:16, October 20, 1968, And October 1, 1988
Good Friday, April 6, 1917
What Is Half Of Fifteen?
Haitian Voodoo Doll
My First Girlfriend
July 31, 1993
Creating Lovearth Network
My First Memory
Many Stories About How I Almost Died
Both NYC Blackouts
Montreal 1967, 1976, 1980, 1984
Frisbee
220 Days
Raquette Lake, In The Middle Of The Adirondacks
Secretariat “Big Red” Was The Embodiment Of Beauty
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