In America, many houses are left to molder. Inner city mansions, farm houses, and prairie churches alike meet this sad fate. I find this waste of buildings reprehensible. (Did you know half of all waste in landfills is building materials?) The waste is unwarranted, but what’s…
Month: October 2014
Otherworldly Words: Mausoleum
Cemeteries across the world hold centerpieces. Many are family or community mausoleums. These repositories for our lost loved ones are part of what make historic cemeteries beautiful, peaceful places of quietude. I think that’s fitting. As we visit the ones we lost, we can escape the hectic pace of our lives, if even for just a…
A fine collection of art, poetry, and fiction about wolves
I am delighted to have a new poem entitled “wolf howl” in the fine collection, Wolf Warriors: The National Wolf Watcher Anthology. All proceeds go to the Wolfwatcher Coalition. The book blurb says it all: Wolves have terrified and mystified us, their howls echoing through the words of our fairy tales, the texts of our…
Otherworldly Words: Legerdemain
Good sleight of hand, or legerdemain, proves how easily the eyes are deceived. People often say, “Seeing is believing,” without acknowledging that what we see is part of our perception. And our perceptions are colored by our biases. It’s easier…
Is this the oldest trial of a werewolf?
Peter Stubbe, known as The Werewolf Farmer of Bedburg, is an early werewolf villain who claimed to transform into a werewolf through the use of a bedeviled belt. Stubbe was tried and executed for his murderous crimes. While I enjoy a good werewolf scare as much as anyone, Stubbe would likely today be labeled a…
Otherworldly Words: Leviathan
Job 41: “Can you pull in Leviathan with a fishhook or tie down its tongue with a rope? Good question. But what’s the point? Something huge takes great endeavor would be my interpretation. This advice is good for writers, artists of all stripes, and fishermen. A word of caution….you may need a bigger boat.
Mayhem Monday: Do you Investigate?
It’s #MayhemMonday! I supply the mayhem, you try to survive.
Otherworldly Words: Hobgoblin
We all have fears, and the hobgoblin is a mythical representation of those fears. many of the creatures that people may have once believed in, to one degree or another, are easily explained away. The hobgoblin and his kin were the creatures of the night that whisked us away— and were used to warn children…
Otherworldly Words: Golem
Sometimes called a fetish or a voodoo doll, objects like a Golem are a sign of our wishes for supernatural interference in the natural world. Often, these moments are revenge for an act of injustice. We feel to weak or frightened to fill our own vendetta, or know that the authorities will not see to justice….
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