Studying and writing about the paranormal as I do often leads me into some very interesting experiences. Often, those experiences are “coincidental” in nature but so far above the possibility of randomness that they make me stand back...
Read moreSt. Augustine, FL History: A Pirate Execution
A pirate execution in old Florida? Well, almost. This is one of the strangest historic tales from Florida’s oldest city, St. Augustine. Pirates still roam the streets of St. Augustine You see, in the early days of the Sunshine State, when...
Read moreFlorida Library Association Conference Book Signing
Saturday, April 19 and Sunday April 20 Selling books on the paranormal while talking to librarians from across Florida here in Orlando recently (April 18-19) was wonderful fun. There were only four of us authors there amongst all the...
Read moreParanormal Experiences – The Skyway Bridge Disaster
In our book, An Explosion of Being, my wife Barb and I explore many facets of life and the paranormal. In this category of blog postings, you will find some of those explorations quoted directly from selected chapters. In each instance, after...
Read moreParanormal Events in Families: The Car Horn
Lt. Walt Dillon, 1942 Paranormal occurrences that affect physical things? This story tells about two such events and they come directly from my own history. In fact, they were the sparks that put my wife Barbara and myself on a road to intense...
Read more“Spiritual Awakening, Shamanism, and Just Sheer Fun.”
Sliding Beneath the Surface The St. Augustine Trilogy: Book I YA, Paranormal & Historical A review by Steve Ballou, Manchester, NH “I finished reading this book yesterday. There are so few books that combine a picture of history...
Read moreThe Water Project: Saving Lives and Building Communities:
Clean water. In the developed world, we take it so for granted and waste it so freely. At the same time, nearly one billion people, especially in Africa, have very limited access to this life giving resource. Without such access, one child dies...
Read moreOn Sending Flowers to a Writer
Warning! If you know a writer, be careful how you acknowledge that person’s efforts in the publishing world. Case in point. My wife, Barb happened to be home one day when I was out running errands. When I got back, she eyed me with raised...
Read moreGhost Hunting at The Upscale House
An investigation into paranormal events involving a family with a child as told by my friend, Peaches Veach. Peaches is the Director and Lead Investigator for California Paranormal Private Investigations (CPPI). Being an almost full time...
Read moreSt. Augustine, FL: Pyramids in a National Cemetery
Pyramids? In a National Cemetery? You bet. Built out of local shell stone called coquina, the three pyramids in St. Augustine cover the remains of 1,468 soldiers who died in the Second Seminole War (1835-1842). At the end of the war in 1842, the...
Read moreTrayvon Martin. Justice in Central Florida?
Civil liberties? Justice? Equality? Safety? All of those things are in question not just north of where I live here in Central Florida but in the rest of this state as well. The recent killing of an African American young man and the release...
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