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Plagued by Ghosts
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Dreams
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This is a recurring dream, of sorts, the opening into the subterranean world of crypts and the dead....
The sky suffused with an orange light, there's a cemetery in her back yard, about 24 plots, no headstones, just numbers in the grass.
And in the front and back of the cemetery the earth has fallen away to reveal holes that lead to the underworld, crypts and catacombs...
and I'm filled with dread, as if something unaccountably evil "lives" in there...
In my waking life there is no fear of bogeys or demons, coming upon an open catacomb I would be more likely to grab a torch and go explore than I would be filled with dread and apprehension...
the dream is different...
In this dream I'm terrified of these rents into the earth, as if something has been clawing it's way out, the graves, they rest quietly, 1-24, but beneath there is evil...
Now I meet the two spirits that have been haunting her, both female, slight of build, flat, monochrome, like cartoons, attractive but demon smiles play upon their faces...
The Secret History of Objects
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Miscellany
- Hits: 1968
A garage sale on Sunday near to the Flea Market and I find a lamp.
It's wood turned, old, there's a sort of flicker to the varnish that looks a bit like gold, $10.00, and when I go to pay for it the elderly lady hosting the sale hastens to give me the provenance.
"It was made my Uncle when he was in high school. Later on he went to fight in WW2 and died at 23 when his ship was torpedoed...."
Sad, it should be kept in the family but she wants to sell it. Underneath the lamp is the stamp - Western Canada High School Woodworking, the makers name and other details.
Treasure in British Columbia
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Lost
- Hits: 1810
Inspired, no doubt, by the recent trip to BC, the Yukon and Alaska I've been looking at going prospecting myself.
While searching about for places to explore I stumbled upon this website:
Link: http://www.bc-alter.net/dfriesen/treasureleads.html
yeah, it smacks of a badly written children's book, but in a way it's kind of exciting. Inspiring, even. Which will have me searching more treasure leads in BC, it's a long winter until spring...
Corks & Buttons
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Link of the day
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2 More links on the theme of "The Medium is the Message".
http://scottgundersen.tumblr.com/ - Who produces art out of old wine corks. I knew there was a reason I was saving my corks.
And there's this video on Vimeo in which artist Ashley Hackshaw creates a portrait of Frida Kahlo out of buttons - time laspe photography shows how she did it. I've seen better, but it's good to watch the process.
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