Tag Archives: strange

The Old Man’s Ghost

Posted on April 30, 2024 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir “Coincidence? I think not!” is a cliché used to tease people who think every slight similarity is fraught with cosmic meaning. And yet there are those times when a thing is so coincidental, we sense it simply … Continue reading →

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Crazy Traditions

Posted on February 2, 2024 by mitchteemley

To honor my country’s silliest holiday (Groundhog Day), I’ve gathered this collection of odd, wildly inventive (see Body Painting Festivals), whimsical (see Mike the Headless Chicken Festival), and in some cases surprisingly beautiful traditions. Enjoy! Click on any image to … Continue reading →

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i am her(e), you’ve found me

Posted on October 11, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Maia Runa (a.k.a. maiaruna) of Maia Diaries. Maia is the author of three intertwined poetry collections. “Drawn to strange and unusual settings and circumstances,” Maia is “willing to find beauty in the ordinary.” Not … Continue reading →

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Strangers In a Strange Land

Posted on July 29, 2023 by mitchteemley

Image by James B 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. Gina and Zack had just arrived in the island kingdom of … Continue reading →

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Buildings: Beautiful and Bizarre

Posted on December 9, 2022 by mitchteemley

I love architecture. Houses, office buildings, churches, museums–the beautiful and the bizarre. Just don’t bother me with the boring! What’s that? Haven’t finished your Christmas shopping yet? How about a nice new home or headquarters for your booming business? Here … Continue reading →

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Things You Didn’t Expect To See

Posted on January 15, 2021 by mitchteemley

Enjoy this gallery of the weird, the witty, the oddly cool and the (sometimes) unexpectedly beautiful. Why? Just because. Although, when it comes to things we hadn’t expected to see, nothing will ever top 2020. Except for maybe 2021. (Click … Continue reading →

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Quirky Critters

Posted on November 8, 2019 by mitchteemley

This is my atonement for last-week’s shiver-inducing montage of Monsters in Our Midst, real creatures that are particularly scary-looking, although many are, in fact, quite harmless (tadpole, anyone?). I now offer this companion gallery of real creatures that–while unabashedly quirky–are … Continue reading →

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Monsters in Our Midst!

Posted on November 1, 2019 by mitchteemley

We don’t always see them. Many are microscopic. Or live deep in the ocean. Or under our skin. Or inside of us! But–news flash, people–our world is full of alien beings! As a Halloween follow-up, here’s a sampling of some … Continue reading →

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The Wishing Map 68

Posted on June 7, 2017 by mitchteemley

Have you ever visited a culture so outside your previous experience that everything, even the animals, seemed “alien”?

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The Wishing Map 68

Posted on June 20, 2015 by mitchteemley

Note: To read The Wishing Map from the beginning, click here. The Wishing Map Chapter Sixteen: Fisher Folk and Naims (Cont’d) Previously: Freshly arrived in the island kingdom of Sur Kellan–and recently saved from drowning–Gina and Zack were led to … Continue reading →

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