Tag Archives: Mystery

Aug28

August Authors – Dea Birkett – Serpent In Paradise

Posted on August 28, 2025 by ghostmmnc

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August Authors – Dea Birkett – Serpent In Paradise

For Bee’s Challenge:

Author August (for 28th, August, 2025) – Donna Leon & André Rieu

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Bee says:

This month I challenge you to share one of your favourite authors every day. As an additional challenge also share a song that connects in some way with that author.

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As I mostly do, I’m featuring a favorite book instead of author. To me, favorite author means I get all their books and wish for more. If I like one book by an author, that doesn’t make them a favorite author, though the book might be.

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“Serpent in Paradise”, by Dea Birkett, is the author’s journey back in time. She travels to tiny Pitcairn Island, to find out what happened to the ancestors of the mutineers who sailed with Captain William Bligh, on the ship called Bounty.

She chronicles her own voyage to the island, cut off from civilization for all these years, and talks with the villagers, while she learns how the survivors managed to live in such isolation, after that ill-fated, and famed event with the mutiny on the Bounty.

This book is easy to read, even as it tells the history of the times, but in a personal story kind of way.

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In between traveling adventures, Dea Birkett has been a journalist, and a circus performer. She advocates for Women in Science, and many other causes, too. Interesting life she’s led. ~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dea_Birkett

And this link tells more about her causes and awards, and has a photo of her in her circus Ringmaster outfit. ~ https://www.churchillfellowship.org/ideas-experts/fellows-directory/dea-birkett/

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“Ride Captain Ride”, by Blues Image, was released from their album, “Open”, in 1970. It was written by Mike Pinera and Frank Konte, and is on the Atco/Atlantic label.

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Ride Captain Ride

{Intro}

Seventy-three men sailed up from the San Francisco Bay
Rolled off of their ship, and here’s what they had to say
“We’re callin’ everyone to ride along to another shore
We can laugh our lives away and be free once more”

But no one heard them callin’, no one came at all
Cause they were too busy watchin’ those old raindrops fall
As a storm was blowin’ out on the peaceful sea
Seventy-three men sailed off to history

Ride, captain ride upon your mystery ship
Be amazed at the friends you have here on your trip
Ride captain ride upon your mystery ship
On your way to a world that others might have missed

{Bridge}

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Jul6

FOWC – Dusty

Posted on July 6, 2025 by ghostmmnc

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FOWC – Dusty

FOWC With Fandango — Dusty

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A strange incident was when my cousin & I were kids playing with the Ouija board. I asked would I get a dog? It said yes. I asked when? It said January. (this was back in the fall). Sure enough, come January, I did get a puppy. I named him Dusty, and he was an awesome dog, who lived with us for many years. The photo shows Dusty, who was white & fluffy.

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Dec30

Song Lyric Sunday – Ships & Sailing

Posted on December 30, 2024 by ghostmmnc

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Song Lyric Sunday – Ships & Sailing

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Thanks to Jim Adams for hosting this musical challenge each week.

To join in today’s challenge, and also see other entries just click this link below:

The Seven Seas

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For today’s SLS, the word prompt suggestion is ships & sailing.

Thanks for hosting this fun musical challenge, Jim!

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This is a song that I’ve always liked, because it brings back memories of an all night long, nonsensical drive around town with friends.

Here’s what is interesting/strange about the lyrics, to me, now that I’ve read them.

Why 73 men? What’s the significance of that number?
A storm was blowing, yet the sea was peaceful?
The ship was a mystery ship, come from nowhere, and then disappeared. Were they aliens from another planet trying to lure people to their ‘mystery ship’, and ‘another world’? Was it a UFO Space Ship?

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“Ride Captain Ride”, by Blues Image, was released from their album, “Open”, in 1970. It was written by Mike Pinera and Frank Konte, and is on the Atco/Atlantic label.

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Ride Captain Ride

{Intro}

Ride, captain ride upon your mystery ship
Be amazed at the friends you have here on your trip
Ride captain ride upon your mystery ship
On your way to a world that others might have missed

{Bridge}

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Thanks for visiting! Peace ☮️

Dec6

Writer’s Workshop – An Odd Mystery

Posted on December 6, 2024 by ghostmmnc

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Writer’s Workshop – An Odd Mystery

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The link below is where you find several prompt questions and other instructions

For John’s challenge:

This Week’s Writer’s Workshop Prompts – December 5, 2024

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Write a post based on the word distance.
Write a post in exactly 8 sentences.
Write a letter to Santa Claus, telling him whether you’ve been good or bad and what you want him to bring you for Christmas.
Tell us about something you learned in November.
After New Year’s Day, there are two months (or almost three, depending on how you count them) left of winter. What do you plan on doing to pass the time until spring?
List the worst pieces of advice you have ever received.

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As for the prompts this time, no ideas come to me, so I’m going with #2 – write a post in 8 sentences. I suppose that can be on any subject? So, okay.

1. We still use those paper calendars that you hang on the wall each year with the pretty pictures.

2. This year I had one by my computer desk that had cute kittens on it.

3. I have another small calendar to set on the desk (or beside it) that has kittens on it too.

4. So every month I turn the page to the next month, and go awww at the cute picture.

5. It is now time for the December page, and wait a minute … something is wrong! ?

6. I look at all the little day squares and one is missing.

7. December 25 is gone … there is a hole in the page, partly semicircle cut, and the rest is just raggedly torn.

8. Why is there a hole, why is Christmas Day just gone, and the biggest question is WHAT DOES IT MEAN???!!!

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I took a photo of the hole in the page (I did put a post it note paper behind it because that empty space just looked so wrong. If you want to, let me know what your best guess is as to why this happened. 🙂

Here’s the photo: December calendar page with missing 25th (there’s a shadow on the edge though)

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Mar3

The Way – Song Lyric Sunday – True Story

Posted on March 3, 2024 by ghostmmnc

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The Way – Song Lyric Sunday – True Story

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Thanks to Jim Adams for hosting this musical challenge each week.

To join in today’s challenge, and also see other entries just click this link below:

Specific Moments in History

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March 3, 2024 – Songs based on true events suggested by Nancy aka The Sicilian Storyteller

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Some songs we hear are based upon true events that happened to people. Maybe it happened to the musician who is singing, or maybe it’s a true story they read in the newspaper or heard on media news. They were inspired to write a song about it in one way or another. I like these kind, just as I like to read books that tell a true story.

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Anyway, this song I’m featuring today has a very catchy tune, and I like it, but it gives me chills, and tears. The thing is, it is actually based upon a very sad, and tragic true story. I’d heard of this story, before, but not in much detail, until I was researching the back story of the song. We even lived close by the town where this story began, and have visited there. It is a quiet, quaint little town, and it’s hard to believe how the story unfolds from there.

It’s telling the story that happened in 1997, in Salado, Texas, of an elderly couple who were driving to a nearby town (15 miles away) for a day festival, and got lost. They both suffered from cognitive issues, Lela, from Alzheimer’s and Raymond, from a stroke, so they got confused. They were missing for days, until finally being found dead, over 500 miles away in Arkansas.

Give it a listen, and please listen to the reading of the circumstances of this tragedy in the short video after the song. I found this reading on the “Creepypasta” site. It’s called, “The Disappearance of Lela and Raymond Howard”. (the home page of the Creepypasta site can be found here http://www.creepypasta.org/ )

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“The Way”, by Fastball, was released in 1998, from the album, “All the Pain Money Can Buy”. It is on the Hollywood label, and was written by Tony Scalzo.

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They made up their minds
And they started packing
They left before the sun came up that day
An exit to eternal summer slacking
But where were they going without ever knowing the way

They drank up the wine
And they got to talking
They now had more important things to say
And when the car broke down
They started walking
Where were they going without ever knowing the way

Anyone can see the road that they walk on is paved in gold
And it’s always summer
They’ll never get cold
They’ll never get hungry
They’ll never get old and gray
You can see their shadows wandering off somewhere
They won’t make it home
But they really don’t care
They wanted the highway
They’re happier there today, today

Their children woke up
And they couldn’t find ’em
They left before the sun came up that day
They just drove off and left it all behind ’em
But where were they going without ever knowing the way?

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Scalzo Anthony M

The Way lyrics © Warner-tamerlane Publishing Corp., Emi April Music Inc., Enrique Iglesias Music, Merchandyze Music

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“The Disappearance of Lela and Raymond Howard”

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Jan14

UFO – Just Jot It January & SOCS

Posted on January 14, 2023 by ghostmmnc

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UFO – Just Jot It January & SOCS

The Friday Reminder for #SoCS & #JusJoJan 2023 Daily Prompt – Jan. 14th

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Your prompt for #JusJoJan the 14th and Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “once upon a time.” Start your post with “Once upon a time,” then write whatever comes to you, whether it be fact or fiction. Have fun!

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A true story:

sign on UFO museum – Roswell NM

Once upon a time my Uncle Travis was a sheriff. He was a sheriff in Roswell, New Mexico. He was there when the UFO crashed in the area.

He was ordered (by the government) to never speak of what he saw or heard of the incident.

I don’t know if he ever did or not, because this happened in 1947, before I was even born. But this story has been in our family ever since.

I wish I’d have known so I could have asked about it more, but I was just a little kid when I would see him and my aunt and cousins. They’d drive to our Granny & Grand-dad’s house here to visit. They’d drive in the sheriff’s car, which looked really neat.

The cousins and I would have fun, either going bowling, or playing cards. The grown-ups would talk, and also play dominoes called 42. We’d see them at Christmas and other holidays.

Our family traveled to Roswell, NM to visit them too, once in awhile.

Still, nothing was said (that I ever heard first hand) about the UFO incident.

Now he has passed on, and there is no way to ask about it. So it remains a mystery in our family to this day. I do believe he knew the truth about it all, and that that truth was covered up for whatever reason.

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May16

Guess What’s In the Shed

Posted on May 16, 2020 by ghostmmnc

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Guess What’s In the Shed

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Want to play a guessing game?

This is the shed in our back yard. I haven’t been in there in a few years, actually, but I have a general idea of what is in there.

Would you like to take a guess? You can suggest anything from the mundane to completely outrageous! Just wanted to have some fun with this, and hope you do too.

I plan on trying to get the rusted lock un-done, and taking a photo of the inside, and will post about it tomorrow. 🙂

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Feb3

Ride Captain Ride – Song Lyric Sunday – Water

Posted on February 3, 2019 by ghostmmnc

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Ride Captain Ride – Song Lyric Sunday – Water

Water Cohesion

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For today’s SLS, the word prompt suggestion is water. We can find songs having to do with any type of water, be it oceans, lakes, rivers, bays, etc.

Thanks for hosting this fun musical challenge, Jim!

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This is a song that I’ve always liked, because it brings back memories of an all night long, nonsensical drive around town with friends.

Here’s what is interesting/strange about the lyrics, to me, now that I’ve read them.

Why 73 men? What’s the significance of that number?
A storm was blowing, yet the sea was peaceful?
The ship was a mystery ship, come from nowhere, and then disappeared. Were they aliens from another planet trying to lure people to their ‘mystery ship’, and ‘another world’?

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“Ride Captain Ride”, by Blues Image, was released from their album, “Open”, in 1970. It was written by Mike Pinera and Frank Konte, and is on the Atco/Atlantic label.

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Ride Captain Ride

{Intro}

Ride, captain ride upon your mystery ship
Be amazed at the friends you have here on your trip
Ride captain ride upon your mystery ship
On your way to a world that others might have missed

{Bridge}

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Thanks for visiting! Peace ☮️

Oct24

Update on Missing Hair Clips

Posted on October 24, 2018 by ghostmmnc

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Update on Missing Hair Clips

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I did ask whoever/whatever to bring back my missing hair clips yesterday. I said ‘please bring back my hairclips’ several times as I’d go about other things.

And…it worked…sort of…

Two clips showed up in on the little shelf I have in the bathroom. They weren’t there yesterday, but this morning they were there right where I could see them. The whole cardboard card of them was not included, though, so the others are still gone. I said thank you for bringing back two of my clips, and now bring back the rest of them. We’ll see if they, whoever they are, do eventually bring them back.

Here’s the two they brought back, but now I’m wearing them in my hair.

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Apr12

A to Z Blog Challenge 2018 – Letter K

Posted on April 12, 2018 by ghostmmnc

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A to Z Blog Challenge 2018 – Letter K

http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/

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Welcome to the 2018 edition of the A to Z Blogging Challenge!

All through the month of April, the challenge asks us to blog every day (except Sundays), and to go through the alphabet A to Z, connecting our posts to the letter of each day.

My idea for this time, my 5th to participate, is to showcase a book or two each day, and provide a tiny bit of information about them. These will not be a full book review, but just saying what it is about, and if I liked the book or not.

These books are mostly books that I already have on my shelves, and have read, or are on my to be read stacks. There will be a very few of them that I don’t already own, or have read.

I will also post a quote each day that has something to say about books, or reading.

Hope you enjoy, and maybe see a book or a few that you might want to read, too.

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“Kabul Beauty School”, by Deborah Rodriguez, is an eye-opening look at one woman’s personal journey in Afghanistan.

Traveling to the war torn country with a group of humanitarian aid workers, she wasn’t very sure of what she could help out with, but she found her calling after all. Being a professional hair-dresser by trade, she realized that the Western workers, and the Afghan women alike, welcomed her expertise in fixing hair.

The author eventually opened her own beauty shop/school in Kabul, in 2003, with the help of sponsors. As she began to know more and more women, they began to tell their own personal stories, some quite tragic. This community of women formed the bonds of friendship, and learning of each other’s cultures, in spite of adverse circumstances.

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“Killer Stuff”, by Sharon Fiffer, is just one of the books in a whole series with the main character. Jane Wheel is her name, and she loves to go to estate sales, flea markets, and auctions. She buys stuff for an antique dealer to re-sell, but keeps a lot of it for herself. She just can’t help it. Along the way, she always finds some kind of crime to be solved. For some reason, she falls into the mystery and must help solve it. She has a funny family, which we see in all the books, too.

If you like mystery solving, yard sales, and very funny incidents, you’ll like this series. I’ve read them all, and wish there were more.

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Mystery Box Chickens

Join us tomorrow when the MB Chickens will open the letter L box of book titles!

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Tag Archives: Mystery

August Authors – Dea Birkett – Serpent In Paradise

FOWC – Dusty

Song Lyric Sunday – Ships & Sailing

Writer’s Workshop – An Odd Mystery

The Way – Song Lyric Sunday – True Story

UFO – Just Jot It January & SOCS

Guess What’s In the Shed

Ride Captain Ride – Song Lyric Sunday – Water

Update on Missing Hair Clips

A to Z Blog Challenge 2018 – Letter K