As my children have gotten older, one of the new traditions we have during the holidays is the drive out to Idaho to take them back to college. Since we have family in Idaho and Utah, we take this opportunity to meet with them and catch up. We have been lucky enough, in the last…
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The Delivery
The night was bitterly cold and the wind whipped across the plains with the hint of frost and snow. “Of course it’s cold,” the farmer muttered as he knelt in the straw. “Seems like that’s the only time these sheep have problems with lambing.” The young ewe looked up at the man kneeling next to…
Snowy Drives
This weekend, we are supposed to receive about three to six inches of snow, and more snow is supposed to fall later in the week, which is really just life in the Midwest. But there’s a loneliness and a stillness that surrounds you when you are driving at night in the country past snow-covered fields….
Freaky Friday Christmas Stories
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. There’ll be scary ghost stories and tales of the glories of Christmases long, long ago. Christmas and ghost stories go together like peanut butter and jelly or Bob Cratchit and Tiny Tim. So, for the next few Freaky Fridays – we’re going to share Christmastime Ghost stories….
Freaky Friday – Black Friday!
Freaky Friday – Black Friday! What a great combination!!! So, in honor of the retail holiday – I’ll share with you a few ghostly encounters in your favorite retail haunts. In Panorama City, CA a local Wal-Mart is the permanent home of a young woman killed in an elevator accident. The ghost appears on the…
Joe the Electrician
Joe was under a tight deadline. He had married the woman of his dreams and now he, his wife and her school-aged daughter were anxious to start their lives together. They had all shopped for the right piece of property to build their new home. And they all fell in love with it as soon…
Gettysburg’s Legacy
The Civil War battle at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania was a turning point in the war and the war’s bloodiest battle with about 10,000 men killed within the space of three days. I’ve traveled to Gettysburg a few times and it’s a solemn place. It’s not surprising that there are a multitude of ghost stories from the…