It’s not the kind of thing you generally share outside the family. People tend to point and whisper behind your back. Because, how can you prove that you really do, indeed, have a ghost living in your house? When my son was about sixteen, he was part of a varsity choir group in our high…
Year: 2016
All the Noise, Noise, Noise, Noise
Noise! It’s all around us. From the soft rumbling of our appliances to the hustle and bustle of traffic. We moved from the city of Chicago – under the O’Hare flight path, several blocks away from the Chicago Northwestern Railroad tracks and only steps away from the Eden’s Expressway – to five acres of grass…
The Toy Room
The young mother put the toys back on the shelf in her two-year-old son’s playroom. The final toy to be put on the shelf was his favorite, a see and say interactive toy. Her son loved pulling down on the yellow lever and listening to the voice tell him the name of the animal and…
Attic People
For my first Freaky Friday – I thought it would be fun to share one of my favorite ghost stories. I was telling ghost stories at a local event and I invited members of the audience to share stories too. A woman in her sixties stood up and explained that she had just returned from…
Frayed Edges – A Mary O’Reilly Paranormal Mystery (Book 17) Just released!!!
A bullet shot rings out on the night of the Super Moon and a promising college student is killed. Was it an accident, or did her research into false claims by a bio-tech, agricultural company garner her too much attention? The wrong kind of attention. Mary and Bradley have to find out or Ruth McCredie…
What’s that Blur?
As many of you know, I love taking photos of trees that potentially will end up as the cover tree on my newest Mary O’Reilly book. Sometimes, as I’m finishing up a story, I realize that I don’t have the right tree for the cover. So, I treat myself to a photography day and go…
Let’s read in English with Terri Reid
Delighted to have been interviewed by my amazing German translator, Jeannette Bauroth! http://www.indie-translations.com/2016/02/18/lets-read-in-english-with-terri-reid/
Be This Guy!
Last week I had the opportunity to be at the seashore in Florida. It was colder than usual – but warmer than Northwest Illinois, so I am not complaining. But as I walked along the beach in the fifty-degree wind, I saw this group of birds all huddled together on the beach. I was really…