24 Days

Grab a cuppa, I am on my soap box!

Well, this is my second to last blog until Coffin Hop. I will have a creepy story for you this year. So will a few of my lovely scary friends and there will be prizes too!

I have had busy last week. I have a contract on my house and now I wait for a closing date. We were told that we were to work from Phoenix when we sold the house. Now after selling we were told no. Not really happy with that. Little that can be done about it at this point but looking for a new job.

This week as I was fixing tea the tele was on and I heard a school was banning books. What is this, the 21st century or did I fall back in time? What's next southern Arizona book burning? One paragraph in this book upset one parent. This parent says it’s porn. My question is if you are against it fine, but why take something out of context? The whole book is about how a young person survived abuse. I know it’s just me but I think that could help a teenager. This was a high school too, not junior high or elementary school. 

This is Banned Books Week and yet another small town wants a book banned. What will they do next, burn books they don’t like? It seems to me if you don’t like a book, don’t read it. I want to know what gives a few the idea that they can dictate what others read, write or paint. The arts have always been attacked by small minded people. I think you should be allowed to read what ever you please. I may not like it but who cares.

Freedom is for everyone not just a few. Some books that have been banned are now called the greatest literary works. Ever hear of a little book called “To Kill a Mockingbird”?

Go read a banned book and be glad you still have that freedom. So what book will you read?

Suggestions:

The Catcher in the Rye

Catch-22

The Great Gatsby

Slaughterhouse five

Kite Runner

Have a great time reading friends. Cheers!

Lets Walk around, London is Epic and Haunted.

Welcome back. I do hope you have your walking shoes on. Well, we are standing on the middle Westminster Bridge near the Houses of Parliament. No thats not Big Ben that is the clock tower Big Ben is the bell. Oh, that man walking under the bridge ignore him and don't go running across the bridge to see him. He is a ghost and never goes out the other side. If you get hit by traffic it will upset your family. Please stay on the walk, this bridge is very busy. Now across the river from the houses of Parliament that is Lambert Palace, whats left of it. You have seen the view from there many times on telly when they do stories about London or Great Britain.

Now the Houses of Parliament it is a must do tour. When I was here with my son last fall we sat in on the House of Commons. You sit in an upper gallery and watch from above. You can feel the centuries of history and law making. Walking through the building you can see the history of the UK unfold. Now is it haunted? Well, depends on who you ask. I say yes you can feel the ghosts watching you. Maybe even Mr. Guy Fawkes, remember the 5th of Nov., just saying. So when you have time take a tour online.....
                                                     http://bit.ly/rNaMlV
So lets head back over the bridge to Queens Walk. No, we wont walk all the way to Tower Bridge today lets just hang out here in Westminster or as some say Central London. The Thames River is lovely to walk along and spend time on people watching, eating, and so close to fun things. The London Eye is here and the view is Fab! It's a huge Ferris wheel I love riding it. I took these pictures of my ride.

So lets go sit on the benches and have a cuppa and watch the people. You know many say they feel the ghosts walk by. Behind us is the London Aquarium. I have yet to see inside it. I couldn't tell you why I just never have.  http://bit.ly/u96isV It looks interesting from the online information, here it is next to the London Eye. On the list to see next visit.

So next time I will meet you at Tower Bridge. Wear walking shoes we will walk and have a peek at the Tower of London too. So time to hop I am sure others have a lot to tell you. I suggest Dime Store Novels, Creepy Walker, K. Koning and Jason Darrick/Fear in Words.

Coffin Blog Hop Spooky fun.

Starting Oct. 24th through Oct. 31 you can read blogs by great writers. You can meet some new writers and maybe even win a prize. I will have a prize maybe two! So sign up to get all the blogs.
Go say hi now. You will have a good time reading the spooky tales they spin.

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1. Julie Jansen: science fiction and horror writer 20	2. Axel Howerton: International Werewolf of Mystery 12	3. C. W. LaSart: What Really Scares Me! 5	4. Nicolas Caesar, Artist, Cartoonist, Cinephile 9	5. Lisas Lair - Lisa Kesslers Blog 6	6. The Dread Pirate Roberts Would Have Most Likely. . . 5	7. Fiction Spook by Jennifer Word 5
8. The Kraftmatic Adjustable Blog 7	9. Last Writes Blog for Dark Moon Digest 7	10. Gracen Miller - Pandoras Box 5	11. Pavarti K Tyler: My Life of Books and Beauty 4	12. The Zombie Bible 8	13. Carole Gill Official Author Blog 5	14. Demonauthor 8
15. Tales from the Booth 5	16. Heaven Liegh Eldeen 5	17. Johanna K. Pitcairn The Manicheans Official Blog 13	18. Poetry & Zombies 6	19. Confessions of a F**K-Up Artist 6	20. A. F. Stewarts Blog 5	21. J. Q. Rose, Another Coffin Hop Blogger 6
22. Smart Chickens 4	23. Theas Adventures in Writing and Zombie Research 7	24. Amador Lockdown at alchemyofscrawl 3	25. Bruised Truth and Fearsome Fiction 4	26. The Sandmans Last Stop 4	27. Joan De La Haye 3	28. Musings & Little Obsessions 3
29. The Superiors Blog 3	30. Kate Bowyers Samhain Nightmare 3	31. Belinda Frisch 5	32. Gina Penn Fiction 4	33. Michelle Muto - Dont Fear the Reaper 4	34. R. A. Evans Writes. . . 4	35. Jason Darricks Fear In Words 3
36. Colin F. Barnes - Dark Fiction Author 4	37. To Become A Writer 5	38. Scattershot Writing 3	39. Pandoras Children 4	40. The Swollen Corpse 5	41. RL Treadways Ink 4	42. Robert S. Wilson 3
43. MaryRajotte. com - Shadowed Musings 4	44. Aaron Polson: Digital Pulp and Fantastic Lies 3	45. ZombieNightinCanada 4	46. Penumbra eMag Death Issue 4	47. The Wiccan Haus Paranormal Erotic Romance Series 3	48. Dance on Fire 8	49. Kelda Crich 4
50. Erin Cole—writer of the dark 2	51. Monsters in America 4	52. Milo James Fowler, Speculative Fictioneer 3	53. Barry Napier: Ghosts in Parentheses 2	54. Big Pulp 3	55. Mind of a Mad Man 3	56. Murder of Crows 3
57. Melissa Smith 4	58. Lizzy Ford Books 3	59. Mel Comley Author 4	60. MR Land 7	61. Swampfulloflies 1	62. A Diamond in the Dark 2	63. J. C. Martin, Fighter Writer 2
64. Michael Montoures Bloodletters 2	65. Zombies Cant Love 1	66. As the Crowe Flies 3	67. Apparitations of Terror 1	68. Elizabeth Twist 2	69. Loreleis Muse 1	70. Dreams & Nightmares 1
71. Typicallydia 1	72. David Ewald - He Who Shall Remain Shameless 1	73. The Unbeaten Heart Beat 2	74. Diary of a Writer in Progress 2	75. The Musings & Mouthings of a Twisted Writers Mind 5	76. Liz Schultes Bat Country 1	77. Cheryl Bradshaw Books
78. Anthony J. Rapino: The Shadows of Flies	79. Conspiracy Cafe	80. Michael J. Sullivan: Riyria Fantasy Author	81. Susan Ricci 1	82. Wesley Southard--horror fiction	83. Pagan Spirits book blog	84. The Fiction of Brent Abell
85. Pandoras Pen: where nightmares are born	86. The Pumpkin Man	87. The Demon Stole My Pencil - Nora B. Peevy	88. Welcome to the Darkness, RedTash. com