My parents were average people, unimportant, and a far cry from the rich and famous. Mom was a tall, slim, attractive red head, and Dad a rather chubby, rugged, yet handsome farmer. They shared a quaint farmhouse with me, an effervescent, adorable little girl, with golden Shirley Temple locks and the personality of Tarzan. Woods surrounded our modest seventy-acre farm on three sides. A zigzag path in front led to the main highway where [...]
Tonight I’m going to tell you the story of a haunted house. This house exists. It was built over three hundred years ago and it’s still occupied by one of the original owner’s descendants. She’s an old woman now and worried that once she’s gone that the house will fall to ruin. I felt that this was just as well, though I didn’t voice such thoughts. It haunting is an old and terrible one and I couldn’t help thinking that [...]
There are many ways of being artful and making the invisible “visible.” I like to sit spontaneously doodling and scribbling with permanent gel pens.
Vitabu Books Interview This week, Vitabu Books spoke to Benin-born writer Eberekpe Ogho Anthony Whyte. In his introduction on his website, www.eberekpewhyte.com, he describes his mother as being “difficultly religious. “As a child, Eberekpe says he often wondered whether she was a “miserable angel from wretch heaven…fooled by the Cherubim and Seraphim Sect with a poor white flowing robe, and an elongated square cap with a cross tailored [...]
Your apron covers a navy
blue dress – you must be
going to church – but right
now you’re stirring homemade
cocoa –
stir it – stir – stir –
Grandmother’s footsteps reach
her landing on the second
floor – her voice calls out
“Grand daughter, it’s time.”
I entered, rooms were full of sobbing tears from people’s eyes; there were too many people to count no children; they went straight to heaven. Gates and gardens to plant flowers in which to sow the seeds we should have been sowing on Earth; I forgot to sow. Shovels, buckets, seeds, planters, pots, hats, soil, water surrounded me; I was learning again about life. The rooms were divided by ages there were 50,000 rooms and twice [...]
Bad communications bring busy people to their knees. You’re busy, your customers, prospects, suppliers, vendors, lenders and everyone you deal with on a daily basis are busy. Quickly picking up on the best way to communicate with each person can save you huge amounts of time. People Who Understand People Garro’s Personality Detective System (PDS) is all about knowing people as well as you know your business. PDS creates happy customers. [...]
From this upcoming Urban Fantasy novel: Chapter 9 - Shadow Hunt. In all this stench and decay… a sprinkling of perfume, a slight whiff of body lotion. Ahhh. And under that… The shadow-tracker raced through the rain-slicked back alleys of the city’s North Side, slipping in and out of the streetlight-cast shadows like a ghost. Almost invisible in a black, form-fitting jumpsuit, he flitted amidst the battered hulks of buildings [...]
Shamanism, Sorcery and… the Difference Between Enlightenment and Totality “The shamanic path is not a path traditionally intended to achieve enlightenment,” explains Michael Harner of the Foundation for Shamanic Studies. In sorcery we speak about moving the assemblage point in order to shift your perception on the road to heal yourself (and others). Reaching totality goes much further than enlightenment my dreaming teacher Vidar [...]
The following is a quick guide to what to expect of a Los Angeleno in regards to Carmageddon and/or any other disaster that can come down on Los Angeles
