Knock, Knock

November 16, 2011

She had to sit down to tell me her story because even though it happened some time ago, it still made her weak in the knees to think about the ghosts. I asked B. if she had ever encountered a ghost while she worked at the Emily Morgan Hotel. The look of fear on her [...]

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Papá, The Antique Lady, And La Chusa. A Ghost Tale.

October 30, 2011

Quite often, when I tell ghost stories, an audience member wants to share their own ghost tale with me. Usually in schools I don’t have time to stop and listen because the next class is already on the way in the door. One day, however, I had free time between classes. When I felt a [...]

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Ghost Story Giveaway Winners

October 19, 2009

Winners! I was giving away ghost story CDs for Halloween. What? You didn’t see? I thought I was going to give away five of them, but then found some others hiding in a drawer. I decided to give them all away. Yes, if you took the time to comment you are a winner. I’m sending [...]

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I Love Fairweather

October 12, 2009

No, that wasn’t a typo. I like good weather, sure. But, I love Fairweather Lewis! She’s a blogger that my friend Jamie (another blogger I love) told me about. All month long, in honor of Halloween, Fairweather Lewis has been featuring ghost stories! Don’t you like ghost stories? Fairweather is a master storyteller, and she [...]

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Ghost Story CD Giveaway For Halloween

October 6, 2009

I have five ghost story CDs to give away in a random drawing, just in time for Halloween. You do NOT have to be a blogger to win! My friends Jamie and Damien keep telling me to make a CD of my stories to sell … and I have one (from 2003), I just didn’t [...]

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“They” Say “It” Happens in “Threes”

June 3, 2009

I don’t know what “it” is, and I don’t know who “they” are. My Mamaw always said, “Good things happen in threes.” Other folks say, “bad things happen in threes.” Why does “three” seems to be a magical number in these superstitions? Even when storytellers relate a tale, things happen in “threes.” Does that hold [...]

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A Ghost Tale from Texas

October 31, 2007

It’s Halloween tonight, and the children will be running through the streets on a mission to fill bags with candy. But, some believe that spirits walk tonight. It’s a good time to sit in front of a fire and tell spooky ghost stories. Because sophiagurl wants it (and what she wants, she gets!), I’ve posted [...]

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Thursday Thirteen #9—A Ghost Hunt

May 9, 2007

Though I had stayed at Ye Kendall Inn in Boerne last November, I didn’t have the forethought to have my camera with me at the time. I was disappointed not to have been able to capture the beauty of the place. I also didn’t know the history of the hotel; so I didn’t realize that [...]

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Serena of the River. A Texas Tale.

April 17, 2007

Imagine a bundle of energy packed in a 5’8″ frame, with a shock of almost orange hair, a face covered in freckles, and a laugh that starts as the sound of a chicken cackling over a newly laid egg and ends as a donkey’s bray. If you’ve got that in your mind, it’s the storyteller [...]

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At The Catfish Plantation, You Get More Than You Pay For

April 4, 2007

I had a hankerin’ for fried fish. I like to eat fried crappie (that’s pronounced like “croppy”) but you have to catch crappie for yourself, and I don’t fish. I did until Daddy made me bait my own hook and take my own fish off the line. Those squishy worms were nasty, but I didn’t [...]

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Haunted Eureka

January 5, 2007

Yesterday I wrote that my husband and I chose to stay at The Crescent Hotel when we went to Eureka Springs, Arkansas for a visit. I said that we wanted local flavor and didn’t want the intimacy of a bed and breakfast. I lied. We stayed at The Crescent, because it’s haunted. I confess that [...]

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