Sharon Delarose's Blog, page 12
June 22, 2014
The Hidey-Hole Secret Room for Kids
It was a glorious summer day with the sun shining brightly in a clear, blue sky. My cousin Abby and I were playing in a creek bed. We were six years old. The trickle of water that flowed gently over …read more
Published on June 22, 2014 08:12
June 21, 2014
Black Cat’s Ghost
I couldn’t have been more than 7 or 8 when I encountered the black cat. We didn’t have a cat at the time but I was a cat lover. I think I was born a cat lover and we’d had …read more
Published on June 21, 2014 18:48
June 20, 2014
Nightmares and Scary Bad Dreams
Nightmares can leave you terrified or filled with utter despair, and for centuries we have debated on what causes bad dreams with witches being the culprit in the days of yore. Yesterday’s witches have transformed into today’s extraterrestrials or scientific …read more
Published on June 20, 2014 18:41
June 19, 2014
Short, Bald People and the Rapture
Close friends of mine were two months away from having a baby and like most expecting parents, they were trying to pick out a name. The name they were leaning toward was Aryan. Being from India, the name Aryan for …read more
Published on June 19, 2014 21:06
Dog Eats Pine Cones
Our Catahoula Leopard Dog is a cheap date. She recently turned one year old and we’ve had her since she was a puppy, so we’ve been through the puppy chewing phase with her. Whereas our other dog needed heavy duty …read more
Published on June 19, 2014 14:58
June 17, 2014
Bug Catcher Dog
We were never bothered by flies in the house. Our dog Gypsy Rose could catch a fly in midair. Catching bugs, especially flying bugs, was one of her favorite pastimes. She could also catch wasps. The first time our dog …read more
Published on June 17, 2014 14:47
June 16, 2014
Some Toads Are Poisonous for Dogs
It was a warm, summer night in Georgia. Toads were calling out for their mates and cricketsong filled the air. The moon was just a sliver in the sky. An owl hooted off in the distance. Our dog Dakota disappeared …read more
Published on June 16, 2014 14:36
June 15, 2014
How to Drive a Catahoula Dog Crazy
Start with a four month old puppy dog who is full of joy and happiness at being adopted into a home with a big, fenced in backyard and an Australian Cattle Dog/Husky mix (Ausky dog) to play with.Take the dogs …read more
Published on June 15, 2014 14:10
June 14, 2014
Tin Foil Hats and UFOs
Last year I published my own personal story of alien abduction from early childhood into adulthood. When you come forward as a UFO abductee, you become a magnet for UFO believers and UFO skeptics, each with their own agenda. Alien …read more
Published on June 14, 2014 14:04
June 13, 2014
Cayuga Lake UFO Road Trip
Maybe it was a big cosmic joke. We’d waited so long to book the trip that our choice of cottages on all of the Finger Lakes combined was limited. Canandaigua and Conesus were booked solid. Ditto for Keuka and Honeoye. …read more
Published on June 13, 2014 14:00