Cemeteries, New Orleans, cemeteries in New Orleans, New England cemeteries, Harry Potter, traveling, Salem, Mass., Halloween, awesome ghost stories, Stephen King, Lizzie Borden, circus sideshows, post mortem photography, funeral home ephemera. Hanging out with my daughter and playing. Reading, writing (but not 'rithmetic), movies, watching too much TV.
I'm an ordained minister of the Universal Life Church. It is part of my pursuit to become a celebrant, which I want to do in order to perform life remembrance ceremonies--an alternative to the traditional funeral.I'm also a Tastefully Simple consultant! Yes, I do a little bit of everything and love all of it. No matter where you live, you can buy yummy Tastefully Simple products from me through: www.tastefullysimple.com/web/mpowers-douglas
Which Hogwarts house will you be sorted into?
I'd like to meet:
Fellow writers, people interested in sending writing or photography submissions to Epitaphs Magazine or TheCemeteryClub.com, cemetery lovers, genealogists, taphophiles, photographers, small publishers, gothic artists ... and other creative DIYs
The winter issue (#6) of Epitaphs Magazine is here!
And here are some of the things you find inside this gorgeous, full-color issue:• The 2007 Taphophile of the Year ... Dusty Smith! Learn why she loves cemeteries and devotes herself to their preservation. Plus runner-up ... Beth Santore! Congratulations, ladies!
• An interview with photographer John Thomas Grant
If you haven't seen his work, you've been missing out.
• Mount Wood Cemetery, Wheeling, W.V. - by Andra Edgar
• White Bronze Monuments - by Dusty Smith
• Infrared photography by Catmoves
• Photography and poem by Kay Inman
• History lesson on coffins by Dusty Smith
• Cemetery in Morcote, Switzerland - photos by Heather Johnson
• Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN - photos by Marty Davis
• Why I'm a Taphophile by Polly Yuill
• and more!Visit www.TheCemeteryClub.com to get your copy today! Available through Lulu Publishing.I have a new group list for ghostly people ...
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Music:
Robbie Williams, Barenaked Ladies, KT Tunstall, Einstein's Sister, Duran Duran, Blake Lewis, Maroon 5, Cajun and zydeco, soundtrack to Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Once More With Feeling
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Movies:
The Goonies, Stand By Me, The Matrix, Sweet November, Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl, Mighty Wind, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Disturbia, The Grudge, Evil Dead movies, Hitchcock films ...
Television:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Freaks and Geeks, Undeclared and Mystery Science Theater 300 are the absolute best.The Office, Dead Like Me, No Reservations with Anthony Bourdain, Bizarre Foods, anything with Samantha Brown, Boston Legal, Desperate Housewives, House, Lost (the first season rocked, but these last two leave a lot to be desired), American Idol ... a lot of stuff on the Disney Channel now with the babe ...
Books:
My book "Cemetery Walk"Fiction: Harry Potter, Stephen King, Richard Laymon, "Lovely Bones," "Confederacy of Dunces," "Odd Thomas," Ray Bradbury. Non-fiction: "Cemetery Stories" by Kathryn Ramsland, cemetery history books, "Zen and the Art of Writing" by Bradbury, "Creative Visualization" by Gawain, "If Chins Could Kill" by Bruce Campbell, Deborah LeBlanc, Chuck Palahniuk, "Cannery Row," "The Shining," "The Stand," "It,"Currently reading: "Ghost" by Alan Lightman (2-27-08)
Heroes:
People who make a positive difference in the world.Gutenburg, Stephen King, Joel Hodgson, Alice Sebold, J.K. Rowling, Roald Dahl, Gonzalo Rios, Annabella Powers-Douglas, Dusty Smith, Tim Richardson, Cindy Powers, Bill Powers, Bill Douglas, Kelly Hungaski, the person who invented the CD ...People who take a creative stand in the face of lameness. Writers. All the nameless people who, after Katrina hit, hopped in their own boats and drove through the flooded areas of New Orleans to save complete strangers. People who do the right thing. My baby is also my hero. So is Buffy the Vampire Slayer.CURRENT MOON about the moon
