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• The attack

  September 13, 2024

  Today is, as most everyone is aware, Friday the 13th. This is the perfect time for me to continue my reflection on a terrifying incident that happened to me when I was a teenager. Said event took place in July, not on the 13th but on the 7th day of that month, in the year…

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• Beware of the bogey man!

  September 12, 2024

  Were you ever warned as a child that if you did something you weren't supposed to do, that some scary being would get you? Especially if you went some place you were forbidden to go? When I was a kid I was warned quite often, more by my grandmother than my mom and dad, of…

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• Flesh and blood monsters, part two

  September 11, 2024

  In my past I had run into a four legged flesh and blood monster, but that was nothing compared to the two legged beast I faced many years ago. It all happened in the late 80's, in the summer before I would begin my junior year in high school. This was only about a year…

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• Flesh and blood monsters – the hound of hell

  September 9, 2024

  Thus far all of the monsters I've mentioned have been of the inanimate type. The creepy old tree was a living thing (well, it once was, but it was dead when I found it) though it was still immobile. But there have been some flesh and blood monsters in my past, one of whom made…

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• Strolling across the spine of the steel serpent

  September 6, 2024

  Well, I finally did it – I registered to walk the Bay Bridge this fall. It was a bit more costly than I had expected, but if I am able to do it, it will be so worth it. This is something that I've always wanted to do, but just never really looked into it.…

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• The darkness will come upon it

  September 5, 2024

  The fallen Key Bridge has been in the news again here lately, and that has got me thinking back to that subject again. It seems that wherever there is a man made monster, there is a creator and a keeper of such. An announcement was made the other day, as to the state's choice of…

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• It was like a mirror to my mind and maybe my soul

  September 3, 2024

  During my time working on documenting the restoration of Bloomfield manor I also did some artwork based upon photos I had taken of the house. Some of these works were drawings and others were digital manipulation of various photos. These other projects were less about the house itself and more ab...

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• Letting go…

  September 2, 2024

  Eventually spring rolled around, and my graduation would be very soon. It was 1992 and I was hard at work on my senior thesis. That ended up being a slide show documenting the restoration of the house that was set to music. Plus a display of artifacts from the house. Being that this was a…

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• The finishing touches

  September 1, 2024

  As my senior year began, the restoration of Bloomfield manor was well underway. I had now gotten into doing color photography and so I could take advantage of sunsets and other lighting situations. I was also doing other art related to the house, including drawings, paintings, sketches and digita...

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