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In my mailbox: The Witch’s Guide to Wands
I drove Mom to the store today and the mailman dropped off this book while I was away. I think that I’ll read and review this title if for no other reason than the Harry Potter section. The wand is the most important component of the witch’s toolbox. Serving as an ultimate big book of…
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Hold the blue strawberries
I think that I will stick to the red ones if you don’t mind. What’s next generally modifying strawberries with birds so they’ll fly into your mouth? http://strawberryblu.com/2011/08/21/so-whats-with-the-blue-strawberry/ Scientists are genetically modifying strawberries in order to allow them to resist freezing temperatures better. They’re doing it by artificial transfer of genes from a species of…
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Review: Between Now and When
Between Now and When: How My Death Made My Life Worth Living by Richard House. MD Paperback: 256 pages Publisher: New Page Books; 1 edition (May 18, 2015) ISBN-10: 1601633750 ISBN-13: 978-1601633750 Product description: Between Now and When relates a transcendent journey from earthly suffering and addiction into the rarely glimpsed supra-reality of higher dimensions.…
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Review: The Flame in the Cauldron
The Flame in the Cauldron: A Book of Old-Style Witchery by Orion Foxwood Paperback: 176 pages Publisher: Weiser Books (March 1, 2015) ISBN-10: 1578635365 ISBN-13: 978-1578635368 Barry’s score 4 stars out of 5. Product description: Few words entice and incite like the word witchery. Thousands of self-identified witches, pagans, and magical practitioners embrace the word,…
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Robb Demarest to head up Syfy’s “Haunting: Australia”
With the future of Syfy channel’s Ghost Hunters in doubt, the Syfy channel is picking up an eight part show titled “Haunting:Australia”. Fans of paranormal shows will recognize the team leader, Robb Demarest, from his time on Ghost Hunters International. So far, there is no news of when or if Ghost Hunters will return for…
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Review: The Science of Ghosts
The Science of Ghosts: Searching for Spirits of the Dead by Joe Nickell Paperback: 412 pages Publisher: Prometheus Books ISBN-10: 1616145854 ISBN-13: 978-1616145859 Barry’s score 2 stars out of 5… Product description: Are ghosts real? Are there truly haunted places, only haunted people, or both? And how can we know? Taking neither a credulous nor…
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In my mailbox: 02/09/15
In my mailbox … “The Essential Guide to Possession, Depossession, & Divine Relationships” by Diana L. Paxson. Thank you @weiserbooks Weiser Books.
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Review: The Ghost and Mrs. Muir: Vintage Movie Classics
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir: Vintage Movie Classics Paperback: 192 pages Publisher: Vintage; Mti edition ISBN-10: 0804173486 ISBN-13: 978-0804173483 Barry’s score 5 stars out of 5 Product description: Burdened by debt after her husband’s death, Lucy Muir insists on moving into the very cheap Gull Cottage in the quaint seaside village of Whitecliff, despite multiple…
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Review: Dark World
Dark World: Into the Shadows with the Lead Investigator of The Ghost Adventures Crew by Zak Bagans, and Kelly Crigger Hardcover: 272 pages Publisher: Victory Belt Publishing; Hardcover with Jacket edition ISBN-10: 1936608855 Barry’s score 4 stars out of 5 Product description: It’s easy to say ghosts exist or don’t exist. Anyone can do that.…
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Cover Art, William Shakespeare’s The Phantom Menace
I love those guys over at Quirk Books. I have the set of William Shakespeare’s Star Wars and I am delighted that Quirk will continue the series. Check out the awesome cover art for “William Shakespeare’s The Phantom Menace”.
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RIP Rod Taylor
As a child, I loved the movie “The Time Machine”. That movie fueled a lifelong love of, what is now called, Steampunk. Rest in Peace Rod Taylor…
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Mystery monday: Death on the Nile
Like many of you, I was introduced to Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot at a very early age. While I was a big Sherlock Holmes fan, I couldn’t help but find certain mystery detectives intriguing and Christie’s detectives were the best. Fortunately, I stumbled across Poirot, played by David Suchet, on Netflix this week and spent…
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Mystery Monday: Murdoch Mysteries “Snakes and Ladders”
It’s a wet, yet oddly warm, morning in December. Not your usual type of day for this time of the year. I’d like to try a little something different for Mondays by briefly chatting about the latest period mystery that I watched. This week I thought that I would talk about the series Murdoch Mysteries…
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