Steveawiggins

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• In the Genes

  

  One of the easiest rabbit holes for me to trip into is genealogy.  Now, I know that other people’s ancestry quickly gets boring, so I’m not going to write... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Lights On

  

  Poltergeist horror movies are a touch difficult to make convincingly. Part of that, I suppose, is because the actual phenomenon is already scary and... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Paper Writer Back

  

  We need to push back against the technocrats a bit more.  A story in Publishers Weekly recently affirmed what many of us know—people prefer books in print. Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Stay

  

  One of the string of low-budget, but well-made horror films of recent years, Good Boy is most memorable for the performance of Indy. Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Thorough

  

  It was a warm summer’s day, sometime in the mid-eighties. I was living in Boston and some friends asked if I’d like to go to Walden Pond, outside Concord. I’d... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• An Education

  

  The point of education is to improve life for people.  Reading and studying and listening, we learn.  Travel is often an educational experience.  We gain... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Walking Sleep

  

  It has been suggested to me that I might try screenwriting. I’ve always resisted this, even though some of my fiction may be movie-worthy (one editor told me... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Blog Reading

  

  I’ve been at this blog for about seventeen years now.  During those years of daily posts, WordPress still has trouble recognizing me. Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Simple Gifts

  

  During my many years of studying religion I learned about the Shakers. It was many years ago and my knowledge isn’t extensive. I was caught off guard when my... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Equal Women

  

  It’s been so busy this year that Mother’s Day crept up on me.  We have a lot of spring birthdays in our extended family, and what with the weird weather this... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Million Air

  

  Life is strange.  While I was in Boston for the AAR/SBL Annual Meeting in November, something unusual happened.  For a few days back then this blog was getting ... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Dr. 2 P 2

  

  Before reading Lord Byron’s Doctor by Paul West, I started reading John William Polidori’s diary. This is freely available online, but I need a book in my... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Snowballs in Spring

  

  Things snowball sometimes, even in the spring.  Weekends are among the most sacred of times when you work a 9-2-5.  They do double-duty as recovery time as... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Ghoulish

  

  Frankenstein made Boris Karloff a wanted man. In horror, that is. In need of a fix without spending anything, I took Amazon Prime’s offer of The Ghoul. (You... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Rabbit Holes

  

  are my favorite part of the internet.  They can be used for heavy-duty research, but in my case they’re mostly just fun.  I’ve written about Dark Shadows many,... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Dr. P.

  

  My recent fascination with the meeting of Lord Byron with Percy Shelley’s party in 1816 led me to read Paul West’s novel Lord Byron’s Doctor. Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Spring Halloween

  

  Being a lifelong fan of Halloween, it’s only dawning on me now that Walpurgis is almost precisely half-a-year from its October sibling.  This occurred to me thi... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Eh Aye Jesus

  

  Have you ever wondered just how bizarre it can get?  At work I’ve been receiving push notifications for AI Jesus.  This is a software platform for exploring “th... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• May’s Cool Start

  

  Beltane always makes me think of The Wicker Man, for some reason. I recently got a royalty notice telling me sixteen copies had sold since the last statement. Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Hopeful Reading

  

  Although I prefer independent bookstores, I happened to find myself in a Barnes Noble between other activities on a recent weekend. This ended up being good... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY