1 Post Views: 7,767 I like to explore the cultural connections between the holiday of Halloween and people that invented it. One of the more interesting legends I have run across […]
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Post Views: 8,697 Halloween always makes us think of the darkest, dankest, ritualistic parts of ourselves. Writers often use the holiday as inspiration for their works. King, Bradbury, Le Fanu […]
Pumpkin Head, Dark beings with Jack-O-Lantern heads
Post Views: 4,146 I stepped into our neighborhood bargain store and immediately my eyes were drawn to a shelf in the far corner where a lone box marked Weber sat. […]
Oh What a twisted Weber we weave.
Post Views: 5,069 Belsnickle is not Santa Claus. The Pennsylvania Dutch, who were not Dutch at all, but ”Deutsche”, or German, are credited with bringing many of their country’s Christmas […]
Belsnickle or Pelz-nickle is not Santa Claus
Post Views: 3,911 This year’s celebrations are truly filled with a great many “firsts” for me. With this in mind I wanted to list them out and note my gratitude […]
Gratitude 2015
Post Views: 4,301 I am a nostalgic reader. What I mean by that is that I fondly relive my youth by re-reading books that I enjoyed as a child. This […]
Rocky Hurwood Author Show
Post Views: 4,782 I have a pseudo tradition on my blog of posting a bunch of Halloween images on or before each holiday. This is the Halloween Cartoons 2015 batch. […]
Halloween Cartoons 2015
Post Views: 7,336 Modern Santa Claus is known to be an amalgam of influences, not the least of which is the Germanic god Odin. It is important to realize that there […]
Mōdraniht – Mothers Night
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Halloween Cartoons 2014
Post Views: 3,778 January really creeps me out. I am not sure I know why, but I think it has something to do with the cold, rain, shortness of the […]
January, the Super Creepy Month.
1 Post Views: 4,859 Just to weigh in on this craziness floating around the internet. I think Santa is a nice fantasy for kids. Just like the easter bunny and the […]
Nikolaos Thaumaturge
Post Views: 4,606 Tis the season to be Jolly..you know the drill. The white Christmas is arguably one of the more ieadlized aspects of the holiday season. I know I […]