Steveawiggins

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• A Second Post?

  

  A second post in one day?  Not really.  As much as I’d love to post more, work drains me.  But I also realize I post early and some people may miss my musings... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Short Story

  

  I often reflect on how little I know.  No matter how much I read there is more to be read.  Works worthy of time but sacrificed to circumstance.  I was... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Whence Evil?

  

  I’m at a stage where horror-comedy, or comedy-horror is becoming appealing. This sub-genre is really perfect for those horror fans who like to laugh and still... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Ichabod’s Body

  

  Maybe you’ve noticed this.  When Halloween comes around, the Headless Horseman and the Legend of Sleepy Hollow reemerge.  There’s a reason for that, and I... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Why, Cathy?

  

  Learning to appreciate bad movies is a skill like any other. It takes practice. “Why?” I hear you ask? Why climb a mountain? Actually, there is a motive for... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Prophetic Cookie?

  

  I have no idea if they really exist in China, but the Chinese fortune cookie is ubiquitous in the United States.  I’m assuming that China isn’t tracking them... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• May I?

  

  The thing about horror is that it’s an intensely personal preference. Some people really like a movie while others find it, well, meh. Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Nightly Entertainment

  

  A list of most gothic recent books, I believe it was, that suggested The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. It’s a big book—over 500 pages—so I decided I’d wait... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• How Many Zombies?

  

  The first thing to note about Zombi 2 is that there’s no Zombi 1. Except that in Italy George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead was released under the title Zombi. And... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Them Apples

  

  Although I’ve had this book as long as I can remember, I’d never read it. Not the whole way through, until now. As I kid I read Ray Bradbury when I could. Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Publishing Self

  

  One of the things I noticed while researching Sleepy Hollow as American Myth was that many resources on the legend were buried in self-published editions of... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Another Ghost Story

  

  Quiet horror films are sometimes thoughtful little gems. I’d completely missed Lake Mungo when it came out. An Australian indie, it’s a mostly gentle ghost stor... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Embracing October

  

  I try not to dwell on family here on this blog, but mothers are special.  Today marks the one year anniversary of my mother’s passing.  October brings this to... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Waking Poe

  

  It’s personal and it’s deep. My appreciation for Edgar Allan Poe, that is. I’ve read a few biographies of him over the years, but my engagement with him feels... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Like Twilight

  

  The weird thing about watching The Similars is that I’d convinced myself that the movie was from the late sixties. It’s set in 1968, and the use of desaturated... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Mere Eagles

  

  One of our summertime jaunts was to the small town of Eagles Mere in the Endless Mountains region, north of the Poconos.  Growing up in western Pennsylvania, I... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Who’s Pretty?

  

  Movies come at you from all angles these days. People love stories and streaming companies make enough money to create their own content. Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Victorian Inspiration

  

  Some stereotypes hold the truth.  Since we couldn’t afford a vacation this summer, we arranged a couple of our versions of “staycations. Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Virtual Head Sickness

  

  I think quite a lot about the nature of reality. Our brains—no, our minds—create reality for us. I’m reminded of this when I get motion sickness from watching... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• National Nightmares

  

  Being drawn into the dream of a madman.  Trump’s dream.  It seems like fiction, doesn’t it?  But, as they say, reality is stranger than.  I didn’t come up with... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY