by mike | Apr 26, 2021 | Aging, Baseball, Books, Death, Humor, Life, Mysteries, Spirituality, Uncategorized, Writing |
When 2020 began, I had no idea that I’d be writing a whole lot of posts over the course of thirteen months while hiding out at home to avoid the nasty coronavirus. (Age and underlying health issues gave Jacqueline and me no choice.) Things are finally looking up, and...
by mike | Sep 10, 2018 | Ghosts, Myths & Legends, Paranormal, Spirituality, Uncategorized |
Chicago and its environs are home to quite a few ghosts and spirits. I’ve already written about one of America’s most haunted places, the Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery, located in the Windy City’s suburbs. (Check out my post, “Myths and Legends: The Bachelor’s Grove...
by mike | Jul 31, 2017 | Ghosts, Myths & Legends, Nightmares, Paranormal, Spirituality, Uncategorized |
One of the most haunted places in the U.S. is located in suburban Chicago, of all places. The Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery, abandoned over four decades ago, is surrounded by the Midlothian Forest, which sounds more apropos to Middle Earth rather than Middle America. As...
by mike | Jun 12, 2017 | Humor, Life, Movies, Spirituality, Travel, Uncategorized |
Sedona is a funky town in central Arizona, one of our favorite places to visit. Sedona is also a 2011 indie film, a comedy-drama that, unfortunately, not a whole lot of people got to see. That’s a shame, because the movie more than capably reflects both the stunning...
by mike | May 22, 2017 | Myths & Legends, Native Americans, Spirituality, Uncategorized |
I am still processing last week’s awesome trip to the Devils Tower. That story will come in next Monday’s post. For now, here is the Lakota legend about the tower, which is also known as Matȟó Thípila—the Bear Lodge. In a time long past (in a place now called South...
by mike | Sep 21, 2015 | Death, Ghosts, Myths & Legends, Paranormal, Spirituality, Uncategorized |
Imagine this: you’re in Minneapolis—don’cha know—and you go to see a play at the Tyrone Guthrie Theater. An usher—a quiet young man—guides you to your seat. But before sitting down you realize that he hasn’t handed you a program. You turn to ask him for one, but he’s...
