This week I was reading about the Latter-Day Saints hand-cart exodus to the Salt Lake Valley. Two handcart companies got a late start, the Willey and Martin Companies. They had hardship after hardship, from running out of food to being stranded on the plains of Wyoming in an early-season blizzard, waiting for help to arrive….
The Butterfly Effect
The butterfly effect (the theory, not the movie) is the idea that change can be caused by a seemingly inconsequential action. For example, the flutter of a butterfly’s wings moves the air enough to eventually lead to the formation of a tornado. I’m going to move this theory from mathematics or atmospheric conditions to application…
Boleskine House
Last week, we chatted about house hunting and making sure that you don’t purchase a house with extra, paranormal residents. Or, depending on what you want, finding a house with extra, paranormal residents. Just in case you’re one of the latter house hunters, here’s a potential ideal house for you that currently on the market….
Ezvid Wiki Includes Mary O’Reilly in Top Ten!
I’m so excited to announce that The Mary O’Reilly Paranormal Mystery Series was chosen by wiki as part of their Top Ten Captivating Paranormal Mystery Series. Ezvid Wiki was the world’s first video wiki and is now among the top 3,000 websites in the United States. Their YouTube channel has over 425,000 subscribers. Please check…
House Hunting
A couple of weeks ago, I was reading through the posts on a Dead Files Facebook page and someone asked, “what happens to the houses that people sell when Amy says the families have to move out and can no longer live there?” I responded, “I think Zillow needs to add a category in their…
Write What You Know
Many authors have heard the advice “Write What You Know.” But how many authors who write horror or paranormal stories can actually apply that mantra to their lives? Probably more than you think. The amazing author and my good friend, Stephen King, (okay, he would be my good friend if we ever had the chance…
Old Town Spring
Here in the Midwest, it’s finally acting like spring. We have rain instead of snow, the temperatures are in the 40s and 50s, instead of the 20s and 30s, and I can actually see green sprouting up through the brown ground. So, when I was thinking of this week’s Freaky Friday, I was thinking “Spring!” …
Open Communication
Those of you who are familiar with my Mary O’Reilly Paranormal Mystery series know that Mary O’Reilly can see and communicate with ghosts. There is no guesswork in her communication, they talk – she hears. But, unfortunately, most of us don’t have that ability to communicate with the folks on the other side of the…
Ouija Boards
I was going to write about something else this week, but as I was doing research I found this story from WISN, Channel 12 about a mom who wants a kindergarten teacher fired for using a Ouija board at school. This is from the article, “An outraged mother is calling on Milwaukee Public Schools officials…
The Summer of ’87
I’m old enough to remember the television show “My Favorite Martian” about an extra-terrestrial who came to live on earth and study humankind. He chooses to live with a young newspaper reporter and portray himself as the man’s uncle, Uncle Martin. It was created as a sitcom in the same vein as “I Dream of…