by mike | Feb 20, 2023 | California, Ghosts, Myths & Legends, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
Learning about some of these spooky truck roads almost makes you not want to get behind the wheel. But drive we must, so here are a couple more that you might want to think twice about navigating. A SCENIC AND SPOOKY BYWAY Stephen King gave us plenty of (fictional)...
by mike | Feb 13, 2023 | California, Humor, Life, Travel, Uncategorized |
On one of my daily walks last week—sun shining, 70° here in Southern California—I got to thinking about why I relocated to the San Diego area in the first place over fifty years ago. For sure, to be able to walk along the beach on a balmy mid-winter day had to be one...
by mike | Jan 24, 2022 | California, Disasters, Mysteries, Myths & Legends, Uncategorized |
I’ve written about ghost ships and ghost trains, but a Ghost Blimp? This true story about an incident that took place during World War II ranks way up there on the Weird-O-Meter, I kid you not. A ROUTINE MISSION The U.S. Navy commissioned a number of non-rigid...
by mike | Oct 18, 2021 | California, Ghosts, Myths & Legends, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
The Queen Anne Hotel in the City by the Bay probably didn’t ask for the notoriety that comes with being haunted. But then, it didn’t count on housing the spirit of a woman named Mary Lake. A SORDID AFFAIR The Queen Anne Hotel wasn’t always a hotel. Built in 1890, the...
by mike | Aug 30, 2021 | Blowing Shit Up, California, Disaster Movies, Disasters, Movie Lines, Movies, Science Fiction, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Recently, while watching the Gerard Butler-fueled disaster film, Greenland, it occurred to me that a lot of couples with troubled marriages/relationships have been brought together by their harrowing experiences in movies of this genre. Weird. Here are just a few...
by mike | May 31, 2021 | California, Life, Uncategorized |
No great body of text for this week’s post. No haunted houses, hotels, or hovels. No “bad” movies that I love to watch. Just a photo essay about the beauty of the flowers that I get to enjoy on my morning walks through our Ocean Hills neighborhood. (And the amazing...
