Books & Lit Reflections & Philosophy

Poltergeist isn’t about ghosts — we scare ourselves silly to be less scared

My oldest (adult) child sent this message today: I’ve been watching American Horror Story and it’s actually mostly sad. Like once you get past the creepy veneer, the episodes are like: And honestly yeah those are some very American problems. And that got me thinking… Quite lot of horror is exactly that, as it turns out. And so on, and on. Case study: Poltergeist I only realized recently that the original Poltergeist is a story…

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Crushed, then expansive – 2025 was one hell of a year

I mean that in the bad way. Mostly. At least in my case, along with “bad” comes “growth”, so there’s that. 2026 will be my year of expansion, of clarity. But first, I must ceremonially kick 2025 right in the nads and wave bye-bye from the car window. Things Lost In 2025, I lost my home. (I separated from my spouse and moved out.). I lost my family unit. I lost a large amount of…

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