A haunted hotel in Baker City, Oregon

As we all know, travel opportunities were extremely limited during the Covid pandemic, especially before vaccines were widely available. About a year into the pandemic, some friends invited me to go to Baker City, Oregon for a few days as a change of scenery. I was on the fence about it, until I did some […]

On Liminal Beings and Running

I was listening to a podcast today with an interview focused on liminal beings. This includes shadow people, “old hags,” sightings of real-seeming people who then are suddenly gone, etc. It got me to thinking about two experiences I have had with the liminal world while on early morning runs. Experiences with liminal beings are […]

Can Paranormal Experiences Result in Trauma?

As I have written about in this blog, I have experienced a wide variety of experiences throughout my life that I put under the category of paranormal. To me, the paranormal is not necessarily ghosts and spirits, but any phenomena that goes beyond our usual experiences. This could be mediumship, premonitions, time slip experiences and […]

Ghost of a Templar Knight?

My husband and I recently spent three wonderful weeks traveling around Portugal. We’d never had the country on our travel bucket list, and after our visit, I am already eager to return. It’s a beautiful country, full of good food and wine, friendly people, and fascinating old churches, castles and the like to tour. Because […]

Ghostly Activity During a Remodel?

Though I grew up in a haunted house, I don’t live in one now, although odd things happen periodically in our 1905 home. Over time, I’ve come to think of the physical world as some kind of bus or train station; visitors from elsewhere pop in, but they haven’t come to stay permanently, they are […]

It’s Just Anxiety: Medicine’s Answer For What Was Ailing Me

Before getting into this post, I want to say that it is long. It is hard to be brief in describing what was going on with my health a few years ago, and the story is hard for me to tell in a linear fashion. There are competing factors at play and each could be […]

Hell’s Marathon, Part 2: Sleepless in Scandinavia

In the first post I wrote about the beginning of my health nightmare, I had just started vacation in Scandinavia. We spent a fun day in Copenhagen eating and drinking, taking a boat tour and wandering around the city. I took a short nap while we were on the boat and struggled to stay awake […]

Hell’s Marathon: a brief history of the start of an endurance challenge I didn’t sign up for

In mid-October 2018, I got up one morning and went for a brief run, two miles. It exhausted me. Still, I took a shower, got ready for work, ate breakfast. I went upstairs to brush my teeth, and upon entering the bathroom, eyed the plush blue rug in front of the sink. I lay down […]