Onceupontheend Has A Story

Cheryl of onceupontheend has had several unusual experiences.Today we will talk about her and some of her experiences and thoughts about the paranormal.

Tomorrow, I will share her favorite ghost story.
This talented artist is from Illinois.Some of her work is in the video.You may see more at http://onceupontheend.etsy.com<
I was first struck by what she included in her shop information.If you have not yet seen it here it is.

SHOP OVERVIEW
Welcome! I put my heart, absolute care and great pride into each project. My interests vary greatly. There is and will continue to be a wide variety of product type and style in this shop. I enjoy learning new techniques, skills and trends while I also stand by classic concepts and items that I love to create. Please enjoy your journey while here & thank you so much for visiting.
- Cheryl

ABOUT ME
I am currently a stay at home mom. I am blessed with a wonderful family (husband & two children). Some of my interests additional to papercrafting are writing, reading, painting, cooking, gardening…

For more information on me or behind the scenes info on the shop, Please visit my blog at :
http://onceupontheend.blogspot.com/

Some of the things I asked her about were how long she had been crafting,how she came to Etsy and what she liked best to make.she says

" I have always been creative (ask me anything about math or science and my mind goes blank!). My heart belongs to writing and I used to paint and draw a lot, but when my daughter was born….I started scrapbooking and that became an instant passion of mine! I started making anything and everything I could with paper…including cards! I also started scrapbooking and making cards for friends and family. A friend of mine suggested I look into Etsy to sell my crafts online. This sounded ideal for me, as I am a stay at home mother of two beautiful and amazing children! I looked into Etsy, I started Etsy, I fell in LOVE with Etsy! Seriously, Etsy has been such a blessing for me! I get to be creative and productive and I get to help contribute to the family income. My favorite part truly has been the other artists and customers that I have meet and some very special relationships that have developed. Etsy inspires me completely.



She really is special.
Here is the story for today.In her own words


"Some other paranormal experiences that I have had are that I have smelled strong men’s colognes when male relatives have passed on.
I also have smelled strong floral scents when female relatives have passed (and I instantly “knew”).

I have also had very strong dreams involving relatives and friends that have passed in which important messages had been communicated.

I have had signs from pets that have passed as well. One really neat one is: I had a cat that had to be put to sleep, in the morning I dropped her off at the vet and said my final goodbyes, they told me they would put her to sleep within an hour or so…I had proceeded to go to a meeting later that morning
… While at the meeting, a little girl started pointing at me and at my chair and telling her mom: “look mommy, black kitty! black kitty!” (this little girl “saw” my cat next to my chair and I feel that was my cat’s way of saying goodbye and that everything was o.k.).
I don’t believe that I have any special gifts, I just believe that I am open to receiving signs. I do believe there is more out there than what we can see…or sometimes we do see it!"

No doubt you will want to hear her favorite story tomorrow.
Thank you, Cheryl

What Happened To Old Joe?

One of my long time favorite Ghost Stories is that of Old Joe Baldwin in Wilmington NC.
He was a dedicated railroad worker of many years.One night while passing through Wilmington,he saw another train approaching righ toward his.He frantically took his lantern and swung it back and forth in attempt to signal the other train.To no avail,the two trains hit.Several were killed including Joe Baldwin.
For many years including through my childhood and young adult years,people would go there and see the figure swinging the light up the tracks.It was an excitement that spread throughout the South..Stories of seeing "Old Joe" and the light spread.He was a favorite of the locals as well.Many teenagers would flock to see him.Apparently he would come up within easy sight and then back away still swinging the light.

I heard recently that the sightings now are very rare.The area has grown up with bushy undergrowth.The trains no longer use that track .Has that made his job no longer necessary? I felt a sadness that no longer is it a rite of passage to go "see "Old Joe".Hope he has gone on and can now relax,though...

A Crop Circle On His Farm

Jesse R had a crop circle appear on his farm in the midwest last year.Unfortunately he also was in the recent flood which is of more concern to him at this time.I did not talk to him this month about the circles just about the flood.
This is how he described the occurrence of the circles last year about 6 weeks after it happened.

"Well it was a really strange thing, that just all of a sudden was there.We woke up one morning as usual and when I went out with my son to the fields about 7 there it was.All this grain was sort of mashed down all around but it was not dead or anything just bent around like in paths or something.We could not figure out what happened.
When the sheriff came out he had never seen anything like it either.He had the county helicopter fly over it and said it made some kind of design sort of like a big flower or circle with holes in it.The news helicopter flew over and took pictures for the TV station.All kinds of people came to look at it but nobody could figure how it got there.
First we thought it might be the Purcell boys since they are always doing dome kind of mischief but it wasn't them they were in jail over in Radon for Drunk and Disorderly.The sheriff said he did not think anyone could have done anything that big in such a short time anyhow .My son ha drove by there around 11 when he was coming back from taking his girl friend to the movie over in Radon and didn't see nothing or nobody around there.
Some of those investigator people that look at those things came.There were two of them and some professor from the University but no body ever figured out what happened.None of the other fields around had been bothered.I just wish it didn't happen to us.We got enough trouble with the farm anyhow."

Sorry,Jesse,that you have had more trouble there.

Crop Circles 2008 You Tube

The Complexities of Reactions to Crop Circles

If it is true that any group is a small slice of general opinion, then the forum responses to the matter of crop circles demonstrates that.Here are some of the responses in the words used by the responder:

NOTE SOME WERE OFFENDED BY THIS POST.I AM REMOVING THE Statements that specific people requested be deleted.

"Someone here should sell patterns for them."

"There are some fun aliens out there who get off on confusing and freaking out humans. You kooky aliens"

"I think they're a load of crop. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!i think the guys who make them have way too much time on their hands"

"i think they are beautiful.
i don't know if i really have my own theory about them. but i do find them super interesting!"

"I think some are man-made but some are unexplained. I saw a show about the different reactions that people get when they walk into the circle...weird! I would definitely do it though."

can't say I believe one way or another if they are made by aliens or not. But, for a human to do that (and I've seen them done on tv) takes ridiculous amounts of planning and measurement. So either way, they're pretty cool."

"They seem cool I guess, but what about the person who's field it was made in. Do they lose the crop? Can they no longer sell the product from that field? Doesn't that mean they lose a substantial amount of their income?"

A few people were negative and considered the idea of any alien or mystical associations with crop circles as nuts,stupid,etc. Two other interesting speculations about the origin were mentioned which related to earth changes but were not available to be included here.


So there it is...What about you?

The You Tube video is below.

Crop Circles Complexities You Tube

Thoughts About Crop Circles

The mystery of crop circles goes back through history.Recently while watching a program on the History Internationally Channel.The usual ideas were expressed.The usual man made attempts to recreate them was debunked.Wgere the circles come from is a remaining mystery.

While several times the idea they are created by Aliens is expressed,I wonder why the relationship to the land lines in Peru is never mentioned.To me, many of the symbols seem the same as there and as on many pyramids both Mayan and Egyptian.Have you thought that also?