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Jersey Devil: Duck, Dragon, Demon, Religious Politics, Unknown Beast, Bat or Owl?

Am I to rightly infer that you accept that you accept the existence of an order of reality that exists alongside the supposedly normal? How do you understand the relationship between this order and the divine? How do you think this order of ...

frankbeswick, on 08/26/2014

Jersey Devil: Duck, Dragon, Demon, Religious Politics, Unknown Beast, Bat or Owl?

I often wonder if there's any relationship between the call of vixens and the Gwrach-y-Rhibyn, or Banshee. But then I simultaneously believe in those Ladies too. That book sounds interesting, thanks for the heads up. Woods are always ...

JoHarrington, on 08/25/2014

Jersey Devil: Duck, Dragon, Demon, Religious Politics, Unknown Beast, Bat or Owl?

Vixens calling for a mate make an unearthly sound, as I found out when I dwelt in rural North West Ireland. No human can replicate it. My own interest unconventional experiences has alerted me to a few strange things. American Indians ...

frankbeswick, on 08/25/2014

The Ghost Who Lives In My House

I don't know why, but the notion of coming out of the bathroom and seeing the ghost while still in my towel is somehow spookier than all of the rest!

JoHarrington, on 08/25/2014

Jersey Devil: Duck, Dragon, Demon, Religious Politics, Unknown Beast, Bat or Owl?

I once got lost in the woods all night long. The things I saw and heard are still so precious to me, though much cannot be explained without the darkness, distortion and atmosphere. Nor would I want it to be. I do recall another occasion ...

JoHarrington, on 08/25/2014

Meaning Of Eye Colors

I seem to have a dark bluey-purple border to them in different lights and emotions. And the colours inside the border are a mix between light blue, light grey and a hint of lime green. I don't ...

Isabella , on 08/25/2014

Kilroy Was Here on Ocracoke Island with Summer McPhee

This is a new series to me, perhaps because I don't have young ones around or grands yet, but it looks like good fun!

happynutritionist, on 08/25/2014

Jersey Devil: Duck, Dragon, Demon, Religious Politics, Unknown Beast, Bat or Owl?

Woods can be very disorientating, especially at night. Sounds take on menacing significance, and shadows can be quite weird, as moonlight shining through tree branches makes quite a complex interplay of light and shadow. At eighteen I was hiking ...

frankbeswick, on 08/25/2014

Stand for Something Right Against Wrong

What a lovely thought out post Ruth. Found your link through a Facebook group.

Sandy, on 08/25/2014

Jersey Devil: Duck, Dragon, Demon, Religious Politics, Unknown Beast, Bat or Owl?

I absolutely did not know that about Quakers! I wonder if Benjamin Franklin did? So all that about a priest coming to do the exorcism is even more pure fantasy. I too don't doubt that people are truly seeing something out there. Not all, as ...

JoHarrington, on 08/25/2014

Jersey Devil: Duck, Dragon, Demon, Religious Politics, Unknown Beast, Bat or Owl?

I am open to crytptozoology, and I am not given to accusing those who claim to have sighted strange experiences as liars, but I think that sightings are due to misperception. We do not perceive the world unmediated, philosophers note. In ...

frankbeswick, on 08/25/2014

Walking on the Orme

So lovely that you've trekked the Orme for so many decades, beginning at the age of 8. It's establishes a special closeness with nature to become familiar with particular landscapes over time. Also such an enchanting opening: "There is a delight ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 08/25/2014

Earthquake in Virginia! August 23, 2011, the Day the Earth Shook Near the North Anna Power Plant

frankbeswick, Those earthquakes in the high 5 end of the scale definitely are noticeable. That's an interesting question that you pose about a connection with collapsing old mine shafts because the Mineral area had a mining heyday. Also ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 08/25/2014

Is It SquidRich or Waxing-Lyrical?

Waxing-Lyrical sounds much more fascinating to me, especially these days!

RuthCox, on 08/25/2014

Disasters And Pets: Are You Ready To Aid Your Pet When An Emergency Hits?

Thanks

TheWritingCowboy, on 08/25/2014