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All My Life’s a Circle
This is a photo of my maternal grandfather’s own grandparents. With their children. So, the married couple are my great-great grandparents, and one of the boys is my great-grandfather. This branch of…
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Departure Eve
I just found a short story snippet I wrote in 2013. I was looking for something else (that I didn’t find). I feel like there was supposed to be more, but I didn’t…
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Four Angry Mobs
Today is November 29, and I still listen to ghost/history/lore podcasts during each work commute. This week, I found the American Hauntings Podcast. I think highly enough of it to write this essay…
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The Thanksgiving Stuffing Story
Hi all. So it’s a rare entry (these days) from Jonathan tonight! Our family has been “team cooking” for holidays for the past several years. There used to be time and people enough…
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Dance With Me On the Dark Side
Hi, I’m back! I have to recommend two more podcasts that I liked so much that I listened to them multiple times. I downloaded both of these…
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“Do You Like My Little Lie?”
Here is a podcast episode that I listened to yesterday during the storm. The story haunted me all night. The story is “Do You Like My Little Lie?” from the podcast “Strangers,” which…
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“Kinnikinnick Nick VS The Bear”
Bears. I think of a few family members when I think of bears. Some of them loved bears, and some just remind me of bears. Today at lunch, I listed to a…
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Pre-Halloween Horrors
A few weeks into my junior year of college, one of my classmates, “Gwen,” passed away alone in her dorm room. Natural causes, from a longtime medical condition. On the same floor…
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Chicago and “Little Chicago”
Jonathan gave me his camera last night. He came into the possession of his own new-to-him camera. So, Jonathan and I both have “new” cameras. I hope that the rain holds off this…
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Hurricane Podcast Recommendation
Since Hurricanes Harvey and Irma are current events, I wanted to recommend a podcast episode that I really enjoyed this summer. I’m talking about the podcast “Undiscovered,” by Science Friday, and this…