My Favourite Yankee Loon
In honour of the American Thanksgiving Day holiday, and because I consider myself an amateur historian (who especially appreciates the absurd) I thought I would share with you my favourite Yankee loon of all time....Joshua Abraham Norton, first and only Emperor of the United States of America! He was born in England in the early years of the nineteenth century. Joshua A. Norton was a successful businessman in both South Africa and The USA. An unfortunate turn in the rice market bankrupted him in 1854. This is when Joshua's life took a most interesti

Do You Envy The Famous?
I was going through my Mom's things, and came across this news clipping from 1961. My Mom is Toni Demeter, and I like the answer that she gave to the reporter. How would you answer? I think my own answer would be similar to my Mom's with the exception that I would like to have the money that some very famous people have accumulated. Sorting through old photos, and my Mom's personal files have actually helped in my coping with her

My Gypsy Great Grandmother
Recently (just this past year) through some genealogical sleuthing I have learned that one of my Transylvanian great grandmother's (Maria) was a Roma aka of Gypsy origin. I was actually a bit shocked because it seems that this was covered up to a degree. I had always known that Gypsy people were looked down upon in Europe, but I needed to learn more about them, and why other Europeans held such a strong negative attitude towards them. I picked up a copy of David Crowe's book

A Girl & Her Sasquatch
That is my girl Mary. We rescued her from the local shelter six years ago. She is named after the Scottish Queen. And believe me her personality lives up to her historical namesake! Here she is asleep on my computer case seemingly snuggled up with my Sasquatch stuffed doll. Some people think of him as a Yeti, but I call him Sasquatch. Here is a closer view. It is certainly warm up there, and I enjoy

And Sometimes There Is An Epic Fail
For those of you who don't follow our Paranormal Blog I recently posted an entry entitled Occasionally There Is An Actual Hit. It is about a friend who told me of a dream that later on seemed to indicate a very eerie prediction of sorts. This blog entry is not about the occasional "psychic" hit that seems to defy probability ...no, this is about an epic whale of a fail.... As Matthew and I get set to celebrate our