Power Plant Men Learn How Money Matters:

By the Mighty Mumford

Many years ago in my earlier days as a Power Plant Electrician while working on Relays at the coal-fired Power Plant in North Central Oklahoma, Ben Davis, a plant electrician and True Power Man introduced me to one of his favorite Rock and Roll Bands, the “Dire Straits”. One of their hit songs is “Money […]

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About Ghosts and Things that Go Bump

Book 'Em, Jan O

I’ve written two collections of ghost stories.  (“Death Be Not Loud” and “Rest In Fleece,” at amazon)as well as a nonfiction book on the subject called “About Ghosts: A Useful Handbook,” and a collection of funny/irreverent haiku called”It’s Your Funeral: Dead Funny Haiku.”  I teach seminars occasionally about the spirituality of the ghost story, and about the paranormal in literature.  The subject matter is intriguing in many ways:

1. We speculate about the Other Side, and there are countless theories about it.
2. Our fear of the unknown.
3. So much is written off as “wives tales” or legend, but actually,  running up against ghosts, hauntings, ESP, voodoo, the Bermuda Triangle, and more, happens to people quite often. Working as a priest and as a chaplain I heard countless stories from so many individuals: and prior to that, as a columnist, I interviewed those who had had supernatural, inexplicable experiences.
4. In literature, one…

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Cooperstown and Perseids

Whatever your background is, you will like Cooperstown

Leaf and Steel

Sometimes you just got to get away. Sometimes I need a break from the traffic lights and 24 hour convenience that makes up Long Island. The Perseid meteor shower is this weekend, so my boyfriend and I are going to take a drive up to Cooperstown, NY. We saw the meteor shower driving to the Adirondacks last year, and it was unforgettable. It was one of those sights you never forget, and you can never explain.
I’ve never been to Cooperstown but I hear it’s warm and hokey, like most upstate towns. Has anyone ever been there? I’m looking for suggestions on restaurants, scenic views, etc.
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Friendship House, La Plata, Maryland

John Cowgill's Literature Site

This  is  the  Friendship  House  located  on  the  campus  of  the  College  of  Southern  Maryland  in  La  Plata,  Maryland.

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Tech Tips for Writers #125: Editing is Easier When It’s Done Digitally

Tech Tips for Writers is an occasional post on overcoming Tech Dread. I’ll cover issues that friends, both real-time and virtual, have shared. Feel free to post a comment about a question you have. I’ll cover it in a future Tip.

Q: Why should I give up paper and pencil?

A: Lots of reasons!

1. Digital writing is easier to edit. By a factor of infinity. Anyone who has tried to erase, smudge notes, tear the paper, knows that the digital version of editing with a simple insert or replace is miles ahead. Why force ourselves to use a method that is so inferior?
2. By middle school, with even a modicum of keyboard training, most of us type faster than we handwrite. The average person handwrites between 25-35 wpm. It doesn’t take much practice to exceed that with typing. By fourth grade, my students typed as fast as they handwrote…

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