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…
Talking to ourselves is normal, getting an answer means it’s time to check in to the hotel where everyone wear’s white and you are strapped into the bed. However, what people don’t realize is that listening to what you are saying and how you are saying it is very important and can lead to some…
Our lives are made of the stories we tell about ourselves and the world. This was brought home to me in a dramatic way one day in college. My school had the ‘publish or perish’ rule for its professors so they were constantly researching something. This could be alot of fun for the students such…
I love the colors of Fall. The trees changing colors, sometimes so saturated that they seem to glow from within. Trees in a row up and down the street slowing changing from summer’s green to yellow and orange and red and rust and even reddish-purple. And not just trees. Some ivy’s also change color and…
I love me a good Zombie story. Whether it’s a movie, a TV show, a book or a graphic novel, Zombies are awesome. There are even some good Zombie music videos out there, just check YouTube. 🙂 However, Zombies do exist in the real world and it’s something to keep an eye out for. Zombies…