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October 31, 2016
Halloween: A little history and the name
Hello Everyone, Well it is that time of year. Of course I know everyone will probably be too busy today and tonight to really get a chance to read this segment about Halloween but here it is anyways. The Name-Halloween: Halloween, or as some call it Allhalloween, All Hallows’ Eve, or All Saints’ Eve. Why, […]
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October 28, 2016
Haunted Place: Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital
Hello Everyone, Well, even though I could on about Halloween I don’t want to get o off the subject of this series of blogs and that is the haunted places. Haunted places like the Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital. Middletown: First of all, Middletown is the city in New York where the hospital is located. Kind […]
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October 24, 2016
Samhain: A Festival, a Tradition
Hello Everyone, Since I have been mentioning it in several of the last blogs I thought I would share a little information about Samhain. As many people know, because they have heard it before or read some of my previous posts, Samhain has a lot of relevance to Halloween. A topic I have been focusing […]
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October 21, 2016
Eerie for Thoughts: A Hawk’s Cry….Coincidence?
Hello Everyone, Well, I try to stay put on a certain criteria for my blogs from one month to the other but something came up that I wanted to elaborate on. A hawk’s cry. Why? I was walking outside and doing some work when I stumbled across a rock in the desert. For those of […]
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October 17, 2016
Haunted Place: Willard Asylum
Hello Everyone, Today we are going to dig into a haunted place known as the Willard asylum. Unlike many of the buildings or hospitals that I have been talking about over the last couple weeks the Willard Asylum is still functional and in 1995 was declared a Historic building. History of Willard Asylum: The property […]
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October 14, 2016
Halloween: Jack-o’-lanterns
Hello Everyone, I wanted to address the Halloween subject of carving pumpkins or also known as Jack-o’-lanterns. It is not often we hear the term, Jack-o’-lanterns, anymore but I guess times change. Origin of Jack-o’-lanterns : Well before they were Jack-o’-lanterns they were called will-o’-the-wisp. At least in the old folklore’s of England and other […]
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October 10, 2016
Haunted Place: Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Hospital
Hello Everyone, So here it is. Another haunted place and what do you know? It’s a hospital. A hospital for the insane but also other people as well. For some reason the fact that it held the mentally insane, just like the previous posts, makes you move a little more into the eerie realm. I think, […]
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October 7, 2016
Halloween: Trick or Treating
Hello Everyone, Welcome to another little segment of mine I am introducing for the month of October focusing on aspects of Halloween. This time its Trick or Treating. What is Trick or Treating? Well most of us can think of only one thing when it comes to Trick or Treating. That would be going house […]
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October 3, 2016
Haunted Place: Rolling Hills Asylum
Hello Everyone, Once again thanks for reading and taking a look at another haunted place. In fact another haunted Asylum. This time the name rings a bell to me that drives me to take my research a little deeper I this one. Simply put, there is a neighboring area by me that is called Rolling […]
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October 1, 2016
Pay it Forward: Desert Shadows
Hello Everyone, Thanks for reading as usual. I wanted to add this here as well as my other social media posts so it will reach as much of an audience as possible. Several years ago I was admitted into Tucson Medical Center for a severe medical confition and spent my fair share of days and […]
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