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Boots of a Poet 26 Aug 2013 | 08:12 pm
I’ve had people ask me, “Shelly, why do you go down to the coffee shop every day? Don’t you have a coffee-maker?” Well, I do … but at the coffee house I get to see people. The coffee-maker doesn’t sup...
The Marching Ghost 23 Aug 2013 | 07:48 pm
One of the amazing things that I note, as I share haunted tales on my Ghosts of Denton tour, is how often people want to share their own ghost stories with me. Sometimes, people even stop me on the st...
Spidernado. Much More Frightening Than Sharknado. 22 Aug 2013 | 08:07 pm
“If that you would live and thrive, Let the spider run alive.“ You should follow the above rule, unless a freak hurricane dumps deadly spiders on the streets of Los Angeles. A “Spidernado” would be m...
Farewell. Cooper Creek Cemetery in Denton 21 Aug 2013 | 06:53 am
I knelt beside the grave, openly weeping, as I tried to upright the statues and figurines that her loved ones had placed there for her. I thought I was alone … but suddenly I heard a man clear his thr...
Old Irish Bed and Breakfast Inn at Patrick’s Pastures Alpaca Ranch 19 Aug 2013 | 07:06 pm
It’s only minutes away from downtown Denton, but when you arrive at the Old Irish Bed and Breakfast at Patrick’s Pastures, it feels as if you have entered a different world. It is a bed and breakfast ...
The Wright Opera House, a Legacy 16 Aug 2013 | 08:06 pm
Most folks who live in Denton know this building, which is located on the northeast corner of the square, but they might not recognize it without the pink stucco on the exterior. Usually when we speak...
Ghosts of Denton. A Year-Round Haunted Tour 16 Aug 2013 | 12:19 am
I had no clue that the courthouse in my hometown had a resident ghost (or two, or three). I just thought that Denton had one of the most lovely courthouses in Texas. I didn’t know it had a ghost story...
Fodder For The Superstitious 15 Aug 2013 | 08:12 pm
“If you drop a dishrag, someone nastier than you is coming to visit.” Did y’all know that superstition? Neither did I! I can’t remember who visited the last time I dropped a dishrag … but when I do re...
Que Syrah, Syrah. Harvest Party at Arché. 13 Aug 2013 | 05:24 pm
I know this sounds a bit like Tom Sawyer trying to get you to whitewash a fence, but there is a Harvest Party at Arché Winery this weekend (Saturday, August 17th, 2013). You can unplug the family from...
Convoluted Research Led To Marion Mayes 12 Aug 2013 | 09:29 pm
Researching the history of Denton, I remind myself of a Basset Hound I once had. Trudy started sniffing down one trail, caught another scent and switched directions, got a whiff of something else and ...
