1. A spider built an entire town inside my sneakers that I use for my "outside shoes." When I went to put them on, there was spide...

Happy Thanksgiving! I hope everyone is having a fine holiday. I could do a "what I'm thankful for" post but I opted instead fo...

Since I recently celebrated a wedding anniversary, I thought I'd share a little marriage advice. Actually, this advice might work for mo...

  1. We saw the Northern Lights Tuesday night. The sky above us looked like velvet, and over the top of the mountain ridge we could see gree...

1. The other day I was thinking about all of the things around my home that are old, and I don't mean just me and my husband. 2. I am st...

Spooky Short Stories for the Threshold of Halloween 1. “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson A sunlit village gathers for its annual ritual, o...

On October 23, 1973 , President Richard Nixon agreed to turn over the Watergate tapes to investigators, marking a pivotal moment in the un...

1. The other morning, my husband asked Alexa the temperature. She said it was 13 degrees. He argued with her that she was wrong, but she ins...

My county in Virginia is large. It has three small incorporated towns - Fincastle, Troutville, and Buchanan. Other areas, though, are uninco...

Peanuts!  1. Peanuts premiered on October 2, 1950, in seven newspapers. Cartoonist Charles M. Schulz had wanted to call it Good Ol’ Charlie...

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We are heading into the season of strange things and odd happenings as Autumn approaches. These are the times when the leaves stir without a...

I  am the wife of a retired firefighter. These people go out every day and risk their lives to save people. When you are running away in fea...