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Happy Halloween

"Halloween wraps fear in innocence, As though it were a slightly sour sweet. Let terror, then, be turned into a treat..."

- Nicholas Gordon, PoemsforFree.com

Ghost Hunting Tips

It's finally here, Halloween week. I don't know when it became such a big holiday, but it is. I've never really liked Halloween, probably because of all those traumatic homemade costume incidents I had as a child. My mom was very creative so we celebrated every holiday enthusiastically, whether we wanted to or not. 

The latest trend in all-things-Halloweenie is ghost hunting. While I love watching Grant, Jay and the team from SyFy's Ghost Hunters, I'd never consider grabbing the old EMF detector and heading off to the graveyard in search of the paranormal. That sort of danger risk is akin to running with scissors; makes no sense to me. Lots of folks apparently do it though, so I thought this might be a good time to share these ghost hunting safety tips from CNN. Yes, CNN actually published this article.

If you do decide to go on a ghost hunt this weekend, let me know if you encountered anything... odd. As for me, I'll watch the pros on tv. I think there's a Ghost Hunters "best of" Saturday night. That's as close to a haunting as I care to get.

Happy Independence Day!

 

"Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one."

- Benjamin Franklin

A Thought for Memorial Day

 

"The brave die never, thought they sleep in dust:  Their courage nevers a thousand men."

- Minot J. Savage

 

 

Happy Easter

 

"The resurrection gives my life meaning and direction and the opportunity to start over no matter what my circumstances."

- Robert Flatt

A Valentines Day Thought

 

"I don't understand why Cupid was chosen to represent Valentine's Day.  When I think about romance, the last thing on my mind is a short, chubby toddler coming at me with a weapon."

  ~Author Unknown

 

Happy Groundhog Day!

   

We don't celebrate this day like we do, say, the Super Bowl (hope your team won) but I always look forward to Groundhog Day. How do you celebrate?  You can watch the movie tonight, or you could read Go To Sleep Groundhog, written by Judy Cox and illustrated by Paul Meisel. This is one of my favorite children's books - I don't know why - amd I mention it every year. It's in a bookstore near you, or you can buy it online. Love those  little groundhog jammies!

   

Over Already?

  Christmas ended too soon this year. I know, I know, the world economy is in the tank and half the country is eyeing January 20 as some magical milestone on the path to Nirvana - the state, not the band. January 20 also happens to be my birthday; yeah, I share it every four years with a presidential inauguration.  Go figure.

As for me, I think we should probably keep playing Christmas carols just to keep things in perspective. I believe I saw a year round Christmas music station on AOL Radio; I may spend the major part of 2009 there, so if you see me humming God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen in July, you'll know why.

The rudest part of Christmas this year was waking up the next day and seeing that annual story on the early news - you know, the one where they tell you where to dispose of your fresh Christmas tree. Does anyone actually jump out of bed at 4:30 the day after Christmas, rip the ornaments off the family tree, and haul it to the nearest chipper? I don't think so. That story could have waited a couple of days.

if, like me, you think Christmas ended too soon this year, lmk. Maybe we can form a club. 

It's More Than Just A Holiday

 

To the American People: Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind. To cherish peace and good will, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas. If we think on these things, there will be born in us a Savior and over us will shine a star sending its gleam of hope to the world."
~ Calvin Coolidge Presidential message (December 25, 1927).

A Christmas Eve Prayer

   

A Christmas Prayer

Loving Father, help us to remember the birth
of Jesus, that we may share in the song of the angels,
the gladness of the shepherds,
and the worship of the wise men.
Close the door of hate and
open the door of love all over the world.
Let kindness come with every gift and
good desires with every greeting.
Deliver us from evil by the blessing
which Christ brings, and teach us to
be merry with clear hearts.
May the Christmas morning make us happy
to be Thy children, and the Christmas evening
bring us to our beds with grateful thoughts,
forgiving and forgiven, for Jesus' sake. Amen!

-- Robert Louis Stevenson