The holidays are wonderful with their twinkly lights, hot cocoa, festive music, and seventeen different relatives asking if you really need another Christmas tree. (Yes, Brenda, I do. Don’t question my process.) But let’s be honest: the holidays can also be a lot. There’s planning, cooking, cleaning, wrapping, accidentally eating the chocolate Santas you swore was for guests, recovering […]
Tis the season to sparkle… or at least try to without knocking over the Christmas tree. In my defense (and the cat, the dogs, and the hubby) it’s in a high traffic area and hard to NOT hit when walking by or playing fetch with the pups. . Every December I tell myself this is the year […]
The Spectral Wedding at a Country Church in Jasper There’s an old primitive Baptist church called Talking Rock Baptist Church tucked back in the hills not far from Jasper. In Talking Rock, actually. It’s truly a beautiful place with its white clapboard walls, stone foundation, an a very typical Southern small steeple pointing up to the […]
The haunting of Tilley bend cemetery In the quiet hills outside Blue Ridge sits Tilley Bend Cemetery, a small, unassuming place with one of the region’s darkest tales tied to it. At first glance, it looks like any other old mountain graveyard, but its history carries whispers of grief, betrayal, and curses that have never […]
The Lady of the lake North Georgia has plenty of ghost stories, but one of the most talked about is the Lady of the Lake at Lake Lanier. The legend goes back to 1958, when a car carrying two women went off a bridge and into the water. One of the women, Delia May Parker […]
Ghosts, Gadgets, and Giggles: My Night at the Haunted Tabor House A few weeks ago, I spent an evening at the historic Tabor House in Ellijay, Georgia with the Southern Girls Ghost Tours. It was a fun night, and unlike any other ghost tour I’ve done before, and I’ve done several. Usually, ghost tours are guided tours around […]
