By Noreen Wise, author of The Secret Tortoise of Sleep Hollow SAGA I Ghosts are real. And this story is just another very tangible example. I often wonder if ghosts feel frustrated that so many people don’t believe they’re real. Maybe they want to prove their existence just as much as we do. A spooky…
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Ghosts are real. But how does one explain it so that others will believe it? Have scientists proven it, yet? Living in a 1672 haunted house for three months, and having multiple real ghost experiences while there, experiences that were very tangible, the audible & physical kind that can’t be ignored, have made me a…
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“Signs and symbols rule the world, not words nor laws.” ~Confucius, 551 B.C – 479 B.C. Once these symbols become ingrained in your mind, you might find the same focused observation who traveling or sight seeing. You spot the possible symbol on a random building, and become intrigued by the mystery and likely important story…
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Stumbling upon yet another set of historic symbols in the weathered wall tiles of an old building on King Street in the historic section of Alexandria, VA, fills the mind with questions. It’s maddening that it’s nearly impossible to find the answers to the questions, though. One’s left interpreting on own, and hypothesizing about how…
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Thomas Jefferson was a prolific writer, documenting the most mundane details of day to day life, as well as writing daily letters of all types. It’s believed he wrote as many as 18, 264 letters. Gaps in Jefferson’s writing are mysterious. There are three specific gaps that are particularly alluring, mostly in light of the…
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