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June 17, 2016
Eerie for Thoughts: Sava Savanovic
Hello Everyone, I know I’ve done a lot of vampires so far but there are two more I want to share some thoughts on and one is the Serbian tale of Sava Savanovic, or is it a tale? Sava: From being the possible owner of the mill down by a river it is told that […]
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June 13, 2016
Eerie for Thoughts: Thunder & Lightning
Hello Everyone, First of all I would like to point out that although marvelous and spectacular and fascinating and everything else that it is, lightning is dangerous. Just needed to get that out of the way and to point out that there doesn’t need to be storm clouds for there to be lightning. In certain […]
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June 10, 2016
Desert Music of the Cicadas
Hello Everyone, Thinking about the hot desert temperatures that have already creeped up on us this summer, I would like to bring to everyone’s attention the sounds of the desert that coincide with that heat. As I was walking through the desert the other day I was overwhelmed by the sound of the cicadas […]
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June 6, 2016
Eerie for Thoughts: Old Mineshafts
Hello Everyone, Something that the book Desert Shadows in many ways focuses on is the older mining facilities. In this story it mainly focuses on a particular time-frame and in a particular area. To not ruin anything for everyone who hasn’t read that far in I am going to concentrate on the general feelings that […]
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June 3, 2016
Eerie for Thoughts: Places of the Deceased
Hello Everyone, This is a subject that could go on for a while. I am going to focus on the basic idea of the sites and what makes me get an eerie feeling. I would like to thank my brother for this idea because it’s something that I often talk about with books like “Desert Shadows” […]
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May 30, 2016
Writer’s Block or Fatigue
Hello Everyone, Thanks for checking in again. To start things off I would like to give my thanks to all of the fallen soldiers for their sacrifice to protecting our country and freedom. Those who gave all so I could be here today have my utmost respect and I would like to thank them and […]
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May 27, 2016
More Creepy Crawlies: Kissing Bugs
Hello Everyone, Today since we are moving into the summer months in southern Arizona and…well…most of the country I want to address another topic of concern. Kissing Bugs. Triatominae These bugs are some nasty little creatures, to me, and are probably the only bug that gives me the hee-bie-jee-bies. They hide out during the day […]
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May 23, 2016
The Desert’s Hot Summer Sun
Hello Everyone, Today I’m addressing something a little different form the usual. Although I will be drifting in and out of the pursuit of the “eerie vibe” I want to address the desert heat and sun. Southeast Arizona: In southeast Arizona where I live there is a very extreme heat the roles in around May […]
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May 20, 2016
Eerie for Thoughts: Pictures
Hello Everyone, Just thinking about my upcoming photo session so I can get some pictures of me on the Internet and began thinking. I was thinking about some of the scary pictures I use as wallpaper on my computer and other types of pictures I’ve seen. Most of mine relate to an eerie feeling or […]
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May 16, 2016
Desert Shadows: Characters Part 2
Hello Everyone, Thanks again for reading and since I know some of you enjoyed the insight into my character development I thought I would share a little more. The Tics and Peeves: I hope I spelled that right but what I mean by this is the finer toned parts of characters when I develop their […]
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