The Lighter Side of Darkness

Photo by Debbie Safran I recently had the surreal experience of being featured on an episode of Paranormal Witness. The episode was ba...

Photo: www.queeky.com "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy." -Shakesp...

Photo: www.wallpapersonweb.com I've had an awful week. There are different degrees of awful; sometimes it means annoying or hurtful...

I can't believe it's been almost a year since my first book, "In Stone" was published. And what a wild year it's b...

Photo: rapidlikes.com I'm in an uber-weird place today. I blame the moon. I like to be funny, but today I'm just not feeling it...

Photo: www.digitalvisitor.com What is this? Yet another blog post? Why, yes indeed it is! I've had a bit of time to myself, and yet...

Photo: www.electronicproducts.com Okay, I haven't really traveled through time (except forward, obviously), but it's felt a bit...

Photo: www.fanpop.com I get a little crazy when I'm writing.  Okay, I'm not sure that crazy is the right word, but oddly enoug...

The calm before the storm... I spend a lot of time people-watching. I don't mean in a creepy, voyeuristic sort of way, but just obse...

Photo: www.theguardian.com I don't usually feel old or outdated. My daughter would happily tell you I'm like a dinosaur, but f...

Photo: en.wikipedia.org The difference between reality and fiction? Fiction has to make sense. - Tom Clancy What Mr. Clancy said is gr...

Photo: Tom Coggio in·tro·vert   ( n tr -vûrt , n tr -vûrt ) tr.v. in·tro·vert·ed , in·tro·vert·ing , in·tro·verts 1. To turn or d...

Photo: Taylor Baranova I set up this blog with the intention of having an outlet for my 'lighter' thoughts and ideas. For the mo...

Photo: scotlandpubliclibrary.org So, it looks like I'm getting published. Like for real. It's strange how 'weightless' I...

A beautiful sunrise for you all:-) What a week, eh? As I write this, the police have already killed one of the suspects in the Boston Ma...

The word "tradition" has been thrown around quite a bit lately, and it's a word I both adore and despise. I think tradition ca...

Nosferatu I've said it before and I'll say it again: I love this time of year. I am currently taking a break from a horror-movie...

"Spooky Tree" photo by Lana Pinto  I did it, or started it at least. I finally looked into the history of The Infamous Brown H...

Today's the day I suck it up and do some research. I'm not opposed to research on principle, in fact many of my major life choices h...

It's raining outside. I like a day like this once in awhile. Rainy days give me the excuse I need to hunker indoors and get indoor thing...