Let the advertising begin. It’s now November 7 and already the ads for Christmas are playing on all channels and all stores are putting up their holiday displays. Most stores have moved most thanksgiving items except for food prep, out of the stores. I mean,who needs that when Christmas is the money-maker. And that’s what…
I have a friend with an ever surprising way of looking at the world. She’s a visual thinker and she sees everything in 3-d in a way most people don’t. She doesn’t live in the past or really the future, she is all about the ‘now’ and how things work, how they interact, and how…
You know, it’s been a long time since I had a truly late night. Mostly that happens when I have to travel. Have to be there at a certain time, need to get back so I arrive late at night and slog home, happy to flop into bed exhausted. Then the next day is a…
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. I have friends that have long-term relationships and they are enamored of the single life where they could do anything they want at any time. Even though they are happy in relationships they want more freedom. Then I and the other singles look…
It’s impossible for us to know the effects our actions have on others in our day-to-day live. But the small things make a difference. A crappy day can be turned around by a smile and a nice comment. A cheerful attitude can brighten the moment or put things in perspective. Just a little something that…
Samhain or Halloween is considered the day when the barrier between the natural and the supernatural is thinnest. On this day I enjoy the revelry, the creativity, the community as people dress up and party and generally enjoy themselves and indulge in way too much sugar. However I also see the practical in the party.…
Human beings can be as haunted as houses. Not that they are possessed or that there are entities trying to live lives through them. But people can be haunted. Just as placed and objects are affected by the events that occur to them and around them, so are people. Even more so due to our amazingly adaptive…
There are plenty of ‘reality’ shows available this season for people to get their fix of things that go bump in the night and restless souls who continue to walk among us because they have unresolved issues. Which is a gross oversimplification of the issue, but makes for good TV and dramatic effect. Buildings, objects…
I like the newer romantic vampire stories that have appeared on the market in the past 10 years or so. I’m not interested in vampire horror movies where vampires are just raging monsters, calculating or cannon fodder, but then I’m not into horror movies in general. And children dressed up like vampires is just cute. …
We all have the ability to create sacred space in our lives. A place where we lay down the everyday world, remove our shielding and masks and relax and replenish ourselves in the numinous. There are many places already available to us for this purpose: temples, mosques, churches, and memorials to name a few. These…