Steveawiggins

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• 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

• Keep Them Open

  

  “To be is to be perceived.” That was the summary of Berkeleyian philosophy we were taught in college. In other words, not to be perceived is not to exist. So,... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Unpersistence of Memory

  

  Perhaps this happens to you.  It’s a creepy feeling, regardless.  You’ve heard a lot about a movie and you decide to see it.  Since you’re not rich you decide t... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Something Somewhere

  

  A friend suggested I might like Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead films. An unusually intellectual type of horror, these movies challenge perceptions of reality... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Seasonal Poe

  

  The more I read of and about Edgar Allan Poe, the more convinced I become that he wasn’t as associated with horror in his own mind as he has become. Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Haunted Space

  

  A haunted house film set in space. That’s what I thought and then read the same words in a published description of what the writer and director were going... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Ever Hopeful

  

  Plants are some of the most hopeful entities on the Earth.  As much as I’ve had trouble with houseplants, outside they seem to do fine.  Great, in fact. ... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Must Be Autumn

  

  As it often goes, a friend pointed out to me a book on Sleepy Hollow that published just this week. I preordered a copy that arrived on Tuesday and buzzed... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Some Body

  

  Many period movies are reevaluated and found better than originally critiqued. (It feels strange to write that about a 2009 movie, but that was a decade and a... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Borrowed Land

  

  The thing about local attractions is that residents seldom have time to visit them.  Weekends are busy with the tasks you can’t accomplish otherwise with a 9-2-... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Word Undefined

  

  It’s one of those amorphous, uncommon words that can be devilishly difficult to define. It’s also a churchy word. “Acedia” was considered both a sin and a... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY