The Place of Shadows

The Place of Shadows is a terrifying non-fiction novel written by Mary J. Quirion. I know that the story is bizarre, but I also know that it's true. I know because I was there. Demons exist. Screwing around with the paranormal destroyed her life, took everything from her and I firmly believe that her involvement …

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Words to Live By

For any of you who have been keeping up with my blog - you know what I face during my day. I go into battle with roaches and spitefully filled commodes. And that's on the good days. There are other slices of my life, though. One of the slices that's been getting bigger lately is the spiritual …

Evictions, Nuts, Cops and Prayers

Today was one of those full days.  Do you know the kind of day I mean?  It's not that anything today consumed very many hours, but the hours were full.  Kind of like eating a small meal, packed with fiber and protein. It was a fiber and protein kind of day.  Good thing I ate my Wheaties! We had …

Social Media

Do you remember MySpace? I remember it. It was the first social media kind of thing I signed up for. I don't think I ever really mastered MySpace. I think I still have the account, but I'm not really sure. Facebook came along and ten years ago I signed up for Facebook and left MySpace …

The Mutts of My Mutt Publications

Dog spelled backwards is God.  I believe with all my heart that dogs are a reflection of God's unconditional love for us.  He gave them to us as gifts to remind us of what unconditional love looks like because in this incredibly cold and screwed up world we might go a whole lifetime without seeing …

Fifty Shade of Gray… Hair…

These days, the terms Fifty Shades of Grey just means that it's time to color my hair again. Fifty. Fifty. Forty-nine... Fifty. Really? Me? How did this happen? I swear, I was 23 just yesterday. And now I'm 50. I got a birthday card in the mail from AARP... and I joined. I almost feel …

A New Home on the Web

My Newest Home on the Web I don't know what the new home is going to look like when I finish adding rooms to it and decorating, but the construction as begun! This blog is a beloved "den" for me and always will be, because I need a place to escape to! But I also …

Tales from the Parkside 5 – Should You be Living Indoors?

Summers are hot here. Have I mentioned that? Hot. I'm not a big fan of the heat. My husband and I are from Connecticut and he's not a fan of the extreme cold and that's why we moved south. I would probably have been happier in New Hampshire. Except for the snow. Maybe I just …

Tales from the Parkside 3 – Vengeance in the Bathroom

The bathroom is our friend. It's there for us in our deepest time of need. It's there for us when we're at our lowest, at times in our lives when no one else would want to be near us. So why are people so mean to their bathrooms when they're moving out of a home? Why did …

Tales from the Parkside 2 – The Adventures of Kenny the Cockroach

  I'd heard of cockroaches before. I'd seen them skittering about in movies. I had never actually seen one in person. Until I started cleaning vacant rental properties. The first time I saw a cockroach it wasn't just A roach. It was a sea of them. A tenant had just been evicted - not just …