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 | Apr 1, 2021 | Humor, Life, Movies, Spirituality, Travel, Uncategorized |
Traffic roundabouts notwithstanding, Sedona is a pretty cool place. This post first ran in 2017. 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...
by mike | Mar 11, 2021 | Myths & Legends, Native Americans, Spirituality, Uncategorized |
The Devils Tower commands two chapters in my latest novel, BACK ON THE BIKE PATH. Here is the Lakota legend about the tower, which is also known as Matȟó Thípila—the Bear Lodge. It first ran in 2017. In a time long past (in a place now called South Dakota), some...
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 | Sep 14, 2017 | Life, Native Americans, Spirituality, Travel, Uncategorized |
While I’m traveling in Colorado this week, here is a 2013 post about a trip to the neighboring Grand Canyon State. So what DON’T I like about Arizona? Traffic roundabouts. Can’t stand the damn things, which are ubiquitous—at least where Jacqueline and I traveled...
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...
