Coopernundrums

a lively collection of random musings from the mind of a webgeek

Seasonal

My thoughts and musings on things that relate to the four season here in Tennessee

cutty black sow — Post Views: 4,603 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 […]

The Cutty Black Sow, a Gaelic Legend

This entry was posted in Fall Halloween Seasonal and tagged children ghost habit Halloween Happy holiday Horror KNOW life man men movie movies old people winter witch on October 17, 2017 by JayCooper (updated 1562 days ago)

Pumpkin Head Sam Trick-r-treat — Post Views: 4,848 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

This entry was posted in Fall Halloween Seasonal and tagged ALWAYS books creepy fiction fun ghost Halloween Happy holiday list man movie October REALLY Sad scarecrow story villain work on October 5, 2017 by JayCooper (updated 702 days ago)

Weber — Post Views: 1,764 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.

This entry was posted in General Summer Views and tagged ALWAYS FREE holiday list me STICKERS story on July 6, 2017 by JayCooper (updated 702 days ago)

Belsnickle — Post Views: 2,616 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

This entry was posted in General Seasonal Winter Xmas and tagged children christmas costumes fun gifts holiday joke KNOW people santa Santa Claus on December 22, 2016 by JayCooper (updated 1515 days ago)

Post Views: 1,581 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

This entry was posted in Bio Fall Seasonal Views and tagged child children friends gratitude Happy Happy Thanksgiving holiday job life list me old Personal REALLY Thanksgiving on November 25, 2015 by JayCooper (updated 1574 days ago)

Post Views: 1,906 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

This entry was posted in Fall Halloween Seasonal and tagged ALWAYS books bowling Bowling Green Kentucky child computer death Horror KNOW life lifetime man Mary Shelly New York New York Lifetime October photo Sad scary work on October 11, 2015 by JayCooper (updated 1572 days ago)

Halloween Cartoons 2015 — Post Views: 2,157 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

This entry was posted in Halloween Humor Seasonal and tagged cartoons creepy Halloween Halloween Cartoons Happy holiday Hope KNOW list pumpkins scary Serious TRY vintage on October 7, 2015 by JayCooper (updated 1532 days ago)

Post Views: 4,273 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

This entry was posted in Seasonal Winter Xmas and tagged American Christmas christmas holiday KNOW life Mothers Night News old Old Yule people santa Santa Claus winter Winter Solstice on November 22, 2014 by JayCooper (updated 1562 days ago)

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Halloween Cartoons 2014

This entry was posted in Halloween Seasonal and tagged dark Funny Halloween holiday Holidays Horror thinking on October 11, 2014 by JayCooper (updated 1186 days ago)

Post Views: 1,490 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.

This entry was posted in Humor Seasonal Views Winter and tagged GIF image KNOW me people REALLY tennessee weather winter on January 18, 2014 by JayCooper (updated 1562 days ago)

Post Views: 2,097 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

This entry was posted in Seasonal Views Winter Xmas and tagged child dark FREE Funny image INTERNET kids KNOW man Nikolaos Thaumaturge people santa Santa Claus story on December 16, 2013 by JayCooper (updated 2235 days ago)

Post Views: 2,113 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 […]

Dreaming of a White Christmas?

This entry was posted in Seasonal Winter Xmas and tagged christmas COMPLETELY England Happy holiday Holidays image KNOW life love me REALLY River Thames story thinking Victorian England weather winter on December 11, 2013 by JayCooper (updated 2230 days ago)