The idea for this blog began when I posted some photos of sunflowers from my garden on my Facebook page. One of my readers responded that she thought that sunflowers were creepy. I had never considered that – and I wondered how many others felt the same way. To my great surprise, there is actually…
Category: Freaky Friday
Campfire Stories
I spent last week with a lovely group of girls at Boy Scouts’ Camp (there were no boys, we took the place over) near the Mississippi River south of the Quad Cities. The girls I got to work with were considered “first years” and they were eleven and twelve-year-olds. We had fifteen girls and four…
Freaky Frogs
This year the frog population around my home has been amazing. The frog songs at night are nearly deafening, we can hear them through closed doors and windows, with the air conditioner and the television on. (I attached a video at the bottom of the page illustrating just how loud they get around our pool.) …
Area 51
According to the Internet, (and we know that everything we read on the Internet is true, right?) there will be a massive invasion of Area 51 on September 20, 2019. What started out as a joke even has the Air Force concerned as it warns the public against the dangers of storming a military facility. …
A Cool Dip -Really Cool
I’m sitting in my attic office with the window air conditioning going full-blast and a small box fan blowing at me too. My sweet, devoted dog (who refuses to go downstairs where it’s cooler) is laying in front of the air conditioner, soaking up as much cool as he can. The temperature outside is a…
The Fairmont Hotel, Deadwood, South Dakota
As many of you know, I was in Deadwood, South Dakota last weekend at the Ann Charles Fan Party. Ann invited me to be a featured author and I eagerly accepted. We arrived on Thursday night and on Friday morning, we had a little time (after I autographed 150 posters) to explore the area. Our…
The Thin Blue Line
I have a great deal of admiration and gratitude for police officers and their families. These are men and women who leave their homes every day to protect us, and they never know if they are going to come home or not. I’ve had the honor of receiving a number of emails from officers or…
The Corner House
A few weeks ago, I received a lovely note from a new reader, who also happens to be an author too. In her note, she asked me if I really had a ghost in my house and then admitted that she’d only seen and heard one ghost in her life. Amy Heyman, from Sheybogan, Wisconsin…
Grandma’s Visit
During the past few weeks, I’ve met some very interesting authors who have great stories to share- so I’ve invited them to guest blog. I met David Hatton through my Twitter account. David is from Lancashire, England. He spent a year living in Chicago before traveling across America; his second home. He released his first…
Long-Distance Call from Heaven
Claire Gem is an award-winning author of supernatural suspense, contemporary romance, and women’s fiction. She not only loves exploring the paranormal, but she also holds a certificate in Parapsychology from Duke University’s Rhine Research Center. She earned her MFA in creative writing from Lesley University. I asked Claire if she’s like to share a personal…