Here is a genuine ghost story for the Halloween season. Our Michigan local history of the Dixboro Ghost is told quite well by Carol Willits Freeman in her book Of Dixboro, Lest We Forget , and by Russel Bidlock, in a 1962 paper, “The Dixboro Ghost,” presented to the Washtenaw County Historical Society. This Michigan pioneer ghost story, too, is especially astonishing in a number of ways that invite our musing and commentary in the harvest season. A complete drama is posted un

Act IV, Scene ii i Miss Clark’s school, Ann Arbor Miss Clark: One purpose then of Halloween is of course to test and overcome our fears, often irrational, as ladies and even men have of the darkness, some long after the fancies of childhood are to be left behind. This occurs from lack of practice and reflection- Do not fear to enter late, but quietly- [Enter Jane and sister] Our ox has eaten flowers from my hair, and from this become ill, we fear, so we, have with lots of fre

Act V Scene i SD: [The home of John Geddes] John Geddes, Fanny Geddes, Jackson and Isaac. arriving: William, Joseph, John Whitney, Joseph and Jane. Neighbors, come in! Kids, little Johnny has been excited, waiting for someone to play on the sled- he has tired me out! Fanny will have hot coco for you when you tire of the cold. The sled is in the shed by the door. Come in and be seated, Fanny has coffee and cakes as well. Already the chill of winter is about to break, and parl

Act IV [ IV, Scene i ] SD: [Jackson and Isaac setting off from Hawkins with Betsy and Hawkins’ wagon, East on Plymouth-Ann Arbor road] Isaac : She seems to proceed about her work happily. Jackson : Even the beast enjoys to do its proper work. We cannot break this cart as well, we will have no wheels between us for her to pull. So I have asked her if I should inform the public. She gave but a cryptic answer, looking off into the future, saying that their time would come. I hav

Act III Scene i Rachael : The sun rises through the eastern window, and soon the boys will be awake, larking about.- You must be gone, my love! Isaac: One kiss and I’ll descend, l or rather ascend, into my workday. Set my tables away, as I was up late again considering the appearances. Advertisement Rachael : Hurry along, as you know Hawkins awaits, even at Clements store. Isaac : And Betsy, fed and harnessed as today we go for boards and shingles to the Geddes mill. [As Is

Act II Scene I [Hawkins’ House. Jackson and Isaac are building. Enter Abigail] Stop now, and come for lunch: fresh bread with eggs- and pears and thimbleberries for desert. Jackson : It is well that house building gets lighter the higher the work proceeds. Soon we will have walls and a chimney. A handsome fireplace is in progress Isaac : Of size to fit a Franklin stove. We have this oak for the mantle, when the finishing comes. Jackson : If there is iron enough, we may even

[Editing copy] A Historical Drama, By Mark A. McDonald Cover photo: The window of the house of Martha, looking in from outside, empty. Persons of the Drama Martha Mulholland, the Ghost Isaac Van Woert Rachael Van Woert Isaac Jr and Thomas, sons of the Van Woerts Joseph Crawford William Mulholland James Mullholland The Peddler John Geddes Advertisement William Percy, Esquire Dr. Samuel Denton Dr. Pitcher Charles Woodruff Jackson Hawkins Abigail Hawkins James Clements Jane Whit

In the Twentieth Century, a new kind of tyranny emerged which does not necessarily fit into the Aristotelian understanding of a city ruled by one who aims at his own self-interest. The two prominent forms of tyranny that began in the last, and may continue into the next century are fascism and communism. Fascism is an extreme “right” wing phenomenon, while communism is the “left” wing extreme. Surprisingly, these extreme opposites, in their most developed forms, have a number

In progress: Having done a bit of the history of Salem and Plymouth, I have begun to look into the things of Northville, in a way between these two towns where I have spent time inquiring. Before there even was a Salem, a village called Summit was there at Currie road and 8 mile, settled as we learn from Hoffman by Robert Purdy. A road older than the present Eight Mile went from Summit to Northville just south of the base line, and must have been an old trail. An old Salem Me

There is a teaching of Jesus that is on the same topic as that considered in the writing of Carl Jung on the shadow. Regardless of what one thinks about the Jesus question, this is the best teaching in all of psychology regarding the first or lowest level of the soul, and this ought be accessible to those on the internet. If it is not accessible, one is inclined to say, nothing of psychology can be discussed in any way in so public a forum without doing more harm than good.

This is said to be the first pop song to use the word “God” in the title, and Sir Paul McCartney- maybe the greatest song writer of all time- called it his favorite song. But on the surface, the lyric makes no sense: I may not always love you, but you need not doubt my love? If you should ever leave me, life would be pointless- yet I would continue? But that it makes no sense on the surface turns out to be helpful, as in a parable of Jesus: Fishers of men? But that it makes n

I have a rough draft of a paper due for Steven Rowe in 1983. I should collect these things and try to write. For the law was given through Moses; Grace and truth came through Jesus In the gospel of John, from John the Baptist: For the law was given through Moses; Grace and truth came through Jesus Christ." John 1:17. Law and Sin, the Adamic man and grace: how does the Pauline account fit with the Greek account of the soul? The cav'ed man, one could say, is man in Adam and und

In a previous blog, St. Martin is referenced regarding our recent corruption. This paper, the Birmingham Jail letter, is pulled out of materials once used in my Introduction to American Government class, taught for ten years at Oakland Community College. Martin is answering critics, since he has some time on his hands while sitting in jail, and he has just answered the argument that civil disobedience breaks the law. King answered with the distinction we call natural right ,

People Pods Advertisement Interlocking insulated panels that make triangular beds that keep in body heat. Having just heard Dr. Oaken on Diane Rehm, I am thinking of people pods that could be set, like the storage pods are, where they are needed, designed for subsistence living. With a little help from the city, Porta-Johns could be emptied regularly, and perhaps electricity hooked up, for a George Foreman grill. Food storage bins could keep out the mice. I want a giant 3-D p

In the context of a discussion of the reduction-ism of Freud in the relation of Psychology and poetry, Jung comments on the Allegory of the Cave as a symbol: The true symbol differs essentially from this (a sign or symptom) and should be understood as an expression of an intuitive idea that cannot yet be formulated in any other or better way. When Plato, for instance, puts the whole problem of the theory of knowledge in his parable of the cave, or when Christ expresses the id