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…
Your Last Dream
I recently saw an interview with Dr. Christopher Kerr who is the chief medical officer at Buffalo, New York’s Center for Hospice and Palliative Care. In the interview he spoke about an experience he had when he first came to the institution. This is from the interview, “…when he was first starting out, something happened that…
The Cockatrice
A couple of weeks ago, when I was reading the scriptures, I came upon a passage that said, “And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice’s den.” And I wondered, what the heck is a cockatrice, and why is it…
Robert the Doll
Dolls are supposed to be a wonderful child’s toy. Something to hold, cuddle, and even learn some basic nurturing skills. But sometimes dolls are more creepy than cute. There is actually a certified fear of dolls called pediophobia and many horror movies don’t help with that condition, from Chucky to Annabelle, dolls can send a shiver…
Harbingers of Doom
Last week, when I was scrolling through Facebook, I saw an article about sightings of a rare fish in Japan called an oarfish. The only problem with the sightings is the legend that seeing the oarfish is an indication that something awful is going to happen, like a tsunami or earthquake. As a matter of fact, during…
Imbolc
This week much of the United States has had snow and cold temperatures from coast to coast. Even Hawaii got snow on the summits of Maunakea and Mauna Loa. And my friends in Arizona were sharing photos on Facebook about the snow they received. Here in the Midwest, we got both snow and bone-chilling temperatures….
A Chilling Night
On Wednesday night, I was home alone making chicken soup and chili. (Not combined – two separate dishes.) I had them both simmering and thought I’d run upstairs to my office in the attic, download the latest copy I had on the new Mary book that’s coming out next week, and work on it on…