Tag Archives: mystery

The Woman at the Front Door

Posted on November 27, 2021 by mitchteemley

Image by Yaseminmsl The Wishing Map is a full-length fantasy that is being posted episodically at this site. To read the previous episode, click here. To read the entire novel, begin here. The big red-headed woman stepped up to the … Continue reading →

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A Real-Life Murder Mystery – with a Twist

Posted on November 3, 2021 by mitchteemley

Originally posted on CommonSenseTom:
` One spring morning, many decades ago, my Mom had handed me an edition of our local newspaper neatly folded to “frame” an obituary. She’d been wondering if the deceased had been a college buddy of…

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The Last Kid on Earth

Posted on October 9, 2021 by mitchteemley

Photo by Willgard Krause The Wishing Map is a full-length fantasy that is being posted episodically at this site. To read the previous episode, click here. To read the entire novel, begin here. The double moon that had settled over … Continue reading →

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Illusions

Posted on December 11, 2020 by mitchteemley

Art uniquely reflects our conflicting attraction to and fear of illusions. It strives to reconcile our dueling convictions that, on the one hand, only what we perceive is real; and that, on the other, what we perceive is nothing more … Continue reading →

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Light and Shadows

Posted on March 20, 2020 by mitchteemley

As a filmmaker, I’m intrigued by the uses of light and shadow. Objects and faces appear flat when flooded with light. Adding shadows models them, bringing out depth and dimensionality. People and places, seem more real when they’re shown in … Continue reading →

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God’s Mystery Revealed

Posted on December 22, 2019 by mitchteemley

Old Testament: God made us. New Testament: God with us. Living Testament (you and me): God in us.

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Mystery Solved?

Posted on September 5, 2019 by mitchteemley

The World’s Greatest Mysteries Explained: (Click on any picture to enlarge it, or to start slide show) A Few Somewhat More Serious Thoughts on Mysteries:    “The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow … Continue reading →

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Illusions

Posted on August 1, 2019 by mitchteemley

    “The value of an illusion (is) that the shadow can be more important than the substance.” ~Jean Rhys             “Dream delivers us to dream, and there is no end to illusion.”     … Continue reading →

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The Pathway

Posted on March 20, 2019 by mitchteemley

Originally posted on A Sliver of Life:
Shed the smug snobbish shroud, forsake flawed pretext of proud, hold a humble harmonious heart, a courteous compassionate new start, learn from mother she forgives deceit, casting emeralds in paths of concrete! –…

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The Wishing Map 117

Posted on May 23, 2018 by mitchteemley

Originally posted on Mitch Teemley:
Note: To read The Wishing Map from the beginning, click here. The Wishing Map Chapter Twenty-Three: Return to Rennou (Continued) Previously: Gina’s sword had led them to Rennou, the place of her greatest disgrace. ⇔ ⇔ ⇔ Gina jumped up…

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