I woke up this morning with an itchy ear. I shoved my pinky into the hole and worked it around, trying to relieve the tickling sensation, but it proved just out of reach. To the bathroom mirror I went, moving my jaw around as if trying to make my ears pop after a long flight. […]
Someone pointed out to me that I have been–quite unintentionally–posting every day of October so far. You might say, “Big deal, it has only been five days,” to which I might respond, “Shut up!” and stomp off to my sad chair. I’m not going to promise I will post every single day of October (like
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A quick post today to point you in the the direction of my guest post on Benjamin Kane Ethridge’s blog. If his name sounds familiar, it’s because I reviewed his first novel–which is now a Stoker winning novel–last year. In other words, if you haven’t read it…you know. So head on over to read my
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Did I mention I love October? We’re two days in now, and I’m already dreading the speed with which time will pass me by. The leaves outside my window are still too green, but the chilled air is all autumn. Horror movies and pumpkin-flavored treats are all I can think about. Last October, something incredibly
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I woke up this morning, and my mind sang. My body vibrated. I didn’t remember what glorious day it was, but I knew nonetheless. The air smells different: the sweet decay of leaves and chilled earth. My heart has swollen like a ripe pumpkin, and I am more than ready to inhale deeply of October.
Come August, the crickets and cicadas weave a blanket of sweet chirrups over every day. To me, it’s a song of coming harvest, autumn, and eventually winter death. To them, they’re just trying to get laid. And who could blame them? In a few short weeks they have to mature and propagate the species. Never
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Many of you who frequent my site know that I’ve added yet another hobby to my list of growing obsessions: Home Brewing. As autumn draws closer, my interests tend to all collide as I determine the best way to inject Halloween and fall into every last minute of my day. Lucky for me, homebrew was
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Have you decorated yet? I don’t do much decorating for Halloween anymore. Just some scattered reminders that it’s October again. I’ll have my Jack O Lanterns, a few evil-eye stickers, and sometimes a hanging scarecrow I make out of dried leaves and old clothes. Not the scariest looking thing in the world, sure. Unless, that
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I like entertainment, and I don’t discriminate. I love watching movies as much as I love reading. But I never talk about my other addiction: video games. There’s one video game in particular that I want to talk about called Little Big Planet. It’s a fun little side-scroller (like the old Mario Bros. or Sonic
On Twitter they have this thing called “Follow Friday” where you type out a bunch of people’s user names that you think others should follow. This isn’t exactly the same, since I’m spotlighting only one blog. Plus, you know, this isn’t Twitter. Our friend Anita Marie at Anita’s Owl Creek Bridge is dishing up the
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