Continuing the Friday Fun Black Friday Shopping Spree, I decided to put together a list of products I’ve come across that would make unique Christmas gifts. These would make excellent presents for those people in your life that are either (a) hard to buy for because they have everything, orContinue Reading
I’m not much of a shopper, but ’tis the season when shopping’s on everyone’s To Do list isn’t it? So, in an effort to make it fun, I thought I’d spend Black Friday preparing for Cyber Monday. (If I can avoid the crowds via the convenience of the Internet toContinue Reading
Okay, I refueled myself and my broom and am ready to take you around to the rest of the festive Halloween blogs I’ve visited this season. STOP 4: A FANCIFUL TWIST I haven’t been able to put my finger on exactly what appeals to me about this blog. It’s vintageContinue Reading
I thought it’d be fun to share some of the neat blogs and posts I’ve come across this Halloween season. So hop on your broom (or saddle up on the back of mine, I’ll make room) and take a Halloween Haunt Jaunt around the blogosphere with me! STOP 1: FIBERDOODLESContinue Reading
This week I thought it’d be fun to Haunt Jaunt to some of the places noted for their fabulous fall foliage. And what better place to start with than New England? Moreover, what compliments any jaunt to New England better than staying at one of their famed B&Bs? I usedContinue Reading
I’m always excited when I come across tourism departments that promote paranormal tourism. Today I discovered another one when I read an article published by The City Wire about the new “Haunted Arkansas” web page on the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism’s web site. Haunted Arkansas appears under theirContinue Reading
My husband had a host of travel troubles last week. “Damn Mercury retrograde!” he cussed on the phone to me while he waited to hear when his delayed flight might be allowed to take-off. (This after troubles just getting to the airport, then fearing his flight might be canceled, butContinue Reading
I learned two things from a Tweet by Pamela K. Kinney: (a) that Creatures n Crooks Bookshoppe will host a multi-author signing on September 12, and (b) Creatures ‘n Crooks will close at the end of September. This merited both a “COOL!: and a “Bummer!” response. I’ve never personally beenContinue Reading
Increasingly I’m noticing a trend in some of my Google Alerts: stories about Haunt Jaunts as fundraising venues. Especially for historical societies and foundations. This weekend I came across another one. How the Vaughan-Smitherman Museum in Alabama recently did a ghost hunt as a fundraiser. Specifically, The Friends of theContinue Reading
I found a story about haunted golf courses when I was slogging through my backlog of Google alerts today and stumbled upon a posting by Stephen Wagner at About.com: Paranormal Phenomena called “The Latest Paranormal News.” Wagner was listing ghost-related or otherwise odd stories he’d found, among them one entitledContinue Reading
Earlier today I wrote about using Haunt Jaunts to teach based in part on a headline one of my Google alerts popped up with: “Tracking Ghosts in the Valley: Ashby Lee Students Use GPS for New Learning Program” by Aimee Cregger. Well, I finally got around to reading the wholeContinue Reading
My husband and I don’t have kids, but I got to thinking today how, if we did, what a great teaching tool Haunt Jaunts would make. Check out the various lessons that could be taught: HISTORY LESSONS Some kids find history dull. Others love it. I was one ofContinue Reading
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