Doing the Squares Challenge this month, hosted by Becky over at her blog, Life of B! Today’s odds: On her most recent trip to Mendocino, self stayed… Read more “SquareOdds #2”
Tag: superstition
Ghosts in the Mines
Superior’s retired miners talk about “tommyknockers,” phantoms they encountered in the mine. Sometimes it was just a sensation — something you felt on your body, or a… Read more “Ghosts in the Mines”
Quote of the Day: 44
A Promised Land, p. 190: I’m not by nature a superstitious person. As a kid, I didn’t have a lucky number or own a rabbit’s foot. I… Read more “Quote of the Day: 44”
The Dobu Islanders: FLOW, p. 79
. . . the culture of the Dobu islanders, as described by the anthropologist Reo Fortune, is one that encouraged constant fear of sorcery, mistrust among even… Read more “The Dobu Islanders: FLOW, p. 79”
Jonathan: ONCE UPON A RIVER, p. 110
Jonathan’s birth: I couldn’t take my eyes off him, little fairy creature that he was. He gave a blink and the way his eyelid — you know… Read more “Jonathan: ONCE UPON A RIVER, p. 110”
#amwritingfiction: “The Hole Over the Islands”
Self is really crushing the writing. This is her 2nd story in two days. AMAZING. #sowoke It must be her recent trip to the Philippines. No, it… Read more “#amwritingfiction: “The Hole Over the Islands””
Matthew Hopkins, Witch-Hunter
In the 1640s, a self-designated witch-finder named Matthew Hopkins “toured the counties of Norfolk, Essex, Hants, and Sussex, in quest of witches.” In one year he brought… Read more “Matthew Hopkins, Witch-Hunter”
#amreading: About Folk Remedies
So the right eye of a serpent, being applied to the soreness of the eyes, cures the same, if the serpent be let go alive. So, likewise,… Read more “#amreading: About Folk Remedies”
LUCIFER: Princeps
As part of the research for self’s novel-in-progress (about a 25-year-old Spanish priest who is sent to the Philippines — in 1756 — to fight demons), self… Read more “LUCIFER: Princeps”
Arrow Meets Aswang in Denis Johnson’s Novel TREE OF SMOKE
Aswang stories sound different when told by an American novelist. Read on: He gave the lad a quiver of arrows and a very strong bow and charged… Read more “Arrow Meets Aswang in Denis Johnson’s Novel TREE OF SMOKE”
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