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around inside my head for several months my inhibitions gone i proceeded with total abandon and was so excited with the results of my work that i let my husband read part of my first draft it included a sizzling sex scene hey honey he said his forehead furrowed into a concerned frown as his gaze quickly scanned the pages of my manuscript just where did you come up with this story posted by valerie capps at 7 18 am 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday march 6 memories sometimes lie did that really happen i recently read a research study that showed our recollections of past events are at best half correct it said that every time you revisit a memory it becomes altered in some way that s why eye witness accounts of a crime are not reliable a few years ago i would have argued that point with my final breath it s my life i lived it and i know what transpired because i was there when it happened now that i m well established in the senior citizen group of baby boomers i find myself reflecting on things that happened decades ago my memory of past events are clear and factual or so i thought case in point the day my youngest child was born it was a few decades ago but i ve revisited that memory several times over the past years and it hasn t changed one bit or has it the baby we didn t know the sex yet was due on february 13th her father a big football fan grumbled that it would probably be born early and he d miss the superbowl game she was born early on super bowl sunday january 27 1974 i d swear to it i remember the event as if it happened yesterday my husband was in the waiting room watching the game while i was laboring to bring our daughter into the world my obstetrician was home watching it on tv most of the hospital staff and patients were gathered around tvs watching the action an intern delivered my daughter while a group of student nurses scurried to help good thing i had taken lamaze classes by myself of course that training was my saving grace she exploded into the world hating football just like me because no one was there to welcome her except a stand in doctor and her exhausted mother it was us against the world and football the problem is google and newspapers say that superbowl viii was played on sunday january 13 1974 wth is that all about someone must have rewritten history when i wasn t looking that s the only thing that makes sense i was there i remember it all very clearly and it still makes me angry in fact i still hate superbowl sundays because of it the real question now is if the masses weren t watching the football game where was everybody do you have a clear memory of an event that someone else tells you sorry dear that isn t the way it happened posted by valerie capps at 6 00 am 11 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday december 20 the christmas card old friends hey girly the old man shouted from his wheelchair as i walked by his open door hey come here girly i was tired and wanted to go home i silently chided myself for thinking about ignoring his plea with a sigh i pasted a smile on my face and stepped into his room look at this he held out a tattered card ain t it somethin i took it from his hand a cartoon style sketch on the front of the card showed a world war 2 soldier with a bugle inserted through a military tent doorway with a christmas wreath hung above the opening it said christmas greetings to an army man we hit omaha beach together in 44 he said i looked down at him and his eyes briefly clouded with the long ago memory he was quiet for a moment before he continued when the war ended we went our separate ways i never laid eyes on him again it was me that sent a card that first christmas we was home it was 1945 his lips curved in a gummy smile he sent it back to me and said he didn t waste his hard earned money on christmas cards i kept the card and sent it to him again the next year that would ve been 46 i said me neither he sent it back to me and we been sending it back and forth every year since i carefully opened the worn card and looked at the notations inside the first entry simply said merry christmas 1945 the second entry said don t waste hard earned money on tomfoolery such as this the third entry said me neither 1946 after that the only notations on the card was the year with ditto marks beside it 1947 1948 1949 my gaze traveled over the entries year after year the dates were scrawled until every millimeter of the inside space was covered i turned the card over and continued to scan the dates with accompanying ditto marks scribbled on the back look the old man giggled with child like glee as he pointed toward familiar ditto marks beside this year s date tough old goat s still alive and kickin same as me i handed the card back to him he took it from me with a reverence reserved for a prized possession worth a fortune in gold i patted his shoulder and wished him a merry christmas he nodded in response and turned his full attention to the treasure in his hand no doubt reliving his life experiences represented by the dates on the dog eared card as i left his room i heard him softly whisper to the card merry christmas old friend posted by valerie capps at 5 11 pm 7 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday october 31 the murder house happy halloween although i ve never seen a ghost i have had a ghost like experience today seems like a good day to share it with you a stigmatized property the ad said three bedrooms two baths brick ranch on level lot with a garage and fenced backyard move in ready priced to sell we pulled into the driveway looked at each other and smiled the house was everything we were looking for and at a bargain price my husband climbed out of the car and followed our agent around the outside perimeter to check the structure while i went inside to inspect the living area i stepped through the front door and was immediately struck by two things the beautiful hardwood floors made a striking first impression the atmosphere of the room however felt oppressive although it was a hot day a chill swept through me as i toured the house my unease grew the master bedroom had a great view of the backyard but something about the room made me apprehensive i backed out and crossed the hall to the guest room it was smaller and cozy but the tension in my shoulders and the chill in my bones remained the bright cheerful space of the third bedroom drew me in with its colorful artwork the neutral tones of the rest of the house were at odds with this room this room was unique it had obviously been a nursery and it was adorable as i stood there admiring the hand painted pictures i thought i heard the muffled mew of a cat or maybe it was a wounded animal it almost sounded like a baby s cry i cocked my head to listen and heard it again i opened the closet and found it empty it sounded like it was in the room with me but maybe it was coming from under the house something to check out before we left as i stood there a vague sense of sadness enveloped me i wasn t sure why i suddenly felt so despondent but the feeling grew stronger with each passing moment i had the strangest thought that if i stayed in that room another minute i d lose myself completely to the feeling i felt lightheaded nauseous and cold but at the same time my skin felt as if it was on fire i stumbled from the room hurried down the hall to the kitchen and stopped at the sink to splash water on my face i stood and the excess ran down my face and onto my blouse the voices of my husband and our agent drifted through the closed kitchen door as they entered the attached garage he sounded upbeat i could tell he liked the house by the tone of his voice i smiled and pushed my ominous feelings aside silently chiding myself for being silly i decided i must be coming down with the flu or a nasty bug or something i turned around with my back pressed against the sink and waited for them to enter the kitchen via the closed door to the garage as i stood there i studied the opposite wall something about the color of the wall looked odd it was darker than the rest of the room the paint looked as if an amateur had attacked it with a stiff brush to glob on a thick layer of color instead of the smooth professional finish of the other rooms i walked over to the wall and reached out to touch it when my fingertips made contact with the surface a sharp pain stabbed the center of my chest i gasped for breath and leaned forward with my hands on my knees as my husband and the agent entered the room are you okay my husband rushed to my side and grabbed my arm to steady me the pain was gone i straightened and looked up at him the sadness i had felt earlier hit me again with an emptiness so intense it brought tears to my eyes i blinked them away nodded and turned to stare at our agent the woman stared back at me her forehead furrowed with concern i m not sure how i knew but at that moment i was certain there was something about the house she hadn t told us something sinister it was a beautiful property but something was very wrong i could feel it what s the story about this house i blurted out where are the previous owners why is the price so far below market value she lowered her eyes from my accusing stare and looked everywhere except at me her gaze still averted she finally spoke tennessee sellers aren t required to disclose a property s history she said disclosure requirements are for property conditions or defects only it isn t necessary to volunteer information about stigmatized properties but what do you mean by stigmatized property i interrupted i had never heard the term she took a deep breath and said you know things such as murders suicides hauntings and the like but since you specifically asked i ll tell you what i ve heard she hesitated go on i said the woman was beginning to get on my last nerve well the agent said the house may be uh slightly haunted slightly haunted i laughed the sound was more of a derisive smirk than an expression of amusement you re joking she shrugged shook her head and then proceeded to tell us about the young father who shot his girlfriend while she was holding their baby it had happened in the kitchen mother and child were killed instantly with one bullet the father turned the gun on himself all three bodies were found lying in front of the blood splattered wall where we stood attempts to rent the house resulted in complaints about strange crying sounds in one of the bedrooms or loud firecrackers going off at odd times or cold spots that were impossible to heat the owner grandmother of the father unable to deal with the tragedy and ongoing reports of unusual happenings walked away and left the property to be repossessed by the bank our agent called it a stigmatized property i still refer to it as the murder house call me superstitious if you must but we passed on the bargain dream home that day i ve heard the house is currently on its fifth owner since the tragedy what would you have done would you have purchased the house posted by valerie capps at 6 30 am 8 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday october 24 the legend of the greenbriar county ghost on january 23 1897 edward shue sent a young boy to his house on an errand when the arrived he found the body of zona heaster shue she was lying at the foot of the stairs stretched out feet together one hand on her stomach the boy ran home to tell his mother who summoned the local doctor coroner by the time the doctor arrived edward had moved zona s body to the upstairs bedroom and placed it on the bed he had changed her clothes to a stiff collared high necked dress and draped a veil over her face his actions were very unusual because at that time it was customary for local women to wash and dress a lady s body after death the doctor briefly examined the body and left he listed the cause of death as an everlasting faint and zona was promptly buried according to local legend four weeks after the funeral zona appeared to her mother mary jane heaster and said her husband edward had killed her zona returned to her mother over the course of four nights to repeatedly describe her murder she said edward broke her neck the ghost turned her head around until it faced backward to demonstrate at mrs heaster s insistence zona s body was exhumed an autopsy verified the ghost s account was accurate and edward shue was arrested for the murder of his wife during the trial the prosecutor stuck to the facts and skirted around the key witness zona s mother testimony regarding the appearance of her daughter s ghost fearing it would make her appear unreliable the defense however pounced on the issue hoping to prove mrs heaster was indeed unreliable if not mad but zona s mother did not waver in her account and the tactic backfired the jury believed her as did the community edward shue was convicted of murder and sentenced to life he died in prison on march 13 1900 this history making trial is the only known case in which testimony from a ghost helped convict a murderer mrs heaster never recanted her story zona s ghost never appeared again do you believe her daughter s ghost appeared to mrs heaster or do you think a mother s love and instinct was the driving force behind gaining justice for zona posted by valerie capps at 6 30 am 8 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday october 20 naked came the stranger naked came the stranger by penelope ashe is about a so called perfect couple who live in new york when the wife gillian discovers her husband william is having an affair she decides to pay him back by cheating on him with a variety of men if you are a writer you have probably heard about this book although you may not know its title in 1969 everyone was talking about this great new book so i bought it read it and then wondered wth i thought it was worse than terrible but who was i to criticize something that everyone else thought was the best thing to come along since lady chatterley s lover it spent thirteen weeks on the new york times bestseller list so it must be good right to me it was nothing but a compilation of sex scenes broken into chapters with a non existent plot i have nothing against explicit sex scenes but i do need a story to go with them this book was just boring disappointed i shoved it onto a bookshelf and forgot it in october 1969 naked came the stranger was revealed as hoax meant to poke fun at the american literary culture of the time especially fans of jacqueline susann s valley of the dolls author and newsday columnist mike mcgrady organized the project on the premise that any book could succeed if it had enough sex thrown in to assure the story line was inconsistent a group of twenty four journalists was chosen to write different chapte...