Sacred Transgressions

"Although paranormal phenomena certainly involve material processes, they are finally organized around signs and meaning. To use the technical terms, they are semiotic and hermeneutical phenomena . Which is to say that they seem to function as representations or signs to decipher and interpret, not just movements of matter to measure and quantify." In his …

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Happy Fourth, on the Fifth!

Yesterday, July 5, marks the fourth anniversary of the Ptero Card. If there is anything to celebrate, it is the continual building of friendships and the gift of affirmation received, as well as the challenge of keeping the writing fresh, clear and responsive to the readers and to myself. I am grateful for so much …

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If You Could Read My Mind

"Whatever is not being said is not being thought...and if it's not being thought it is lost, and it is just those things that are lost that we need." Michael Meade Somewhere in my late teens, I began to struggle daily for that feeling of peace and belonging I was sure everyone else must have. …

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Walkin’ the Dog

My husband and I live in a neighborhood where many of our neighbors are avid walkers, very old school, I know. Having lived here some ten years now, there are some familiar faces and even neighbors we have come to know, at least on a first-name basis. There is a man, who I have never …

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