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About me - Mace Spurlock

I blog at http://novemberghosts.blogspot.com

I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate,
A poet, a pawn and a king.
I've been up and down and over and out
And I know one thing:
Each time I find myself, flat on my face,
I pick myself up and get back in the race.

Sometimes

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Religion & Spirituality > Ghosts & Paranormal Phenomena Visited by the dead: 1 of 33

Talking to the Dead A frozen rain and snow mix covered the ground as I left the house. For a moment, I toyed with the idea of blowing off the 140-mile road trip to Florence, Kentucky. I could think of a dozen reasons to jump back into bed and only one reason to brave the winter weather curiosity. I opened the car door, adjus...
Creative Writing > Essays Essays: Running away: 1 of 6

Sacramento is not an extremely large city compared to many other urban areas in America. Despite its size, the capitol of California does have an abundance of runways residing there. Recent estimates put the number at 1,800 or more. Is this a typical number of runaways in a city its size? Probably not. Sacramento has more se...
Politics, News & Issues > Hunger, Disease & Poverty Africa's economic problems: An insider's perspective on countries in the southern part of Africa: 1 of 4

It's a sad fact that, according to the United Nations, 70% percent of all Nigerians live on less than one U.S. dollar a day. What really makes that statistic even more appalling is that the government of Nigeria receives about $45 billion a year in oil revenues. That's about enough money to pay every man woman and child in N...
Politics, News & Issues > US Economy Solutions to help the homeless: 6 of 21

It rarely gets cold in San Antonio, even in the dead of winter. In fact, the Alamo City is so pleasant, many homeless people, especially those who are without home by choice, you might call them poor snow birds, migrate there when the cold wins begin to blow up north. The loss of my car cut down greatly on the amount of poss...
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Unusual encounters: 65 of 207

Pirates of Penzance How I arrived on Chapel Street, I don't know. My dreams and nightmares rarely have logical starting points. But here I am, an American, standing where Queens Street becomes Chapel. Tentatively, I head south, toward Quay Street, which Chapel becomes as it passes the huge stone church. St. Mary's, the talle...
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Life after retirement: 12 of 31

On Leaving Nigeria I love Nigeria. Having worked in this country off and on since 1995, I guess I would either have to love it or be one of the most mercenary workers in the world. Well, I admit it, the money has had a lot to do with my returning to work here for 28 days and then flying home on the longest commute in the wor...
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Abuse survivors and the recovery process: 21 of 44

Tina is 20-years-old now. The graceful but timid young woman from "somewhere back east," has a sad face with an infrequent smile no larger than the enigmatic Mona Lisa's, when she is elated. You see, for the past six years, Tina has been a runaway homeless teenager then young woman. She has eked out an existence most of that...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Addiction: 24 of 41

Road Trip In the spring of 2002, four young men from Canada were recipients of some atypical treatment by some of San Antonio's finest wannabees, the Park Police. These poorly trained excuses for real police officers patrol the areas of the city commonly frequented by its main source of revenue, tourists. This included city ...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Life: 92 of 157

I knew a man when I was homeless. People called him "The Crazy Raggedy Man." He was a grizzled little old balding black guy, standing about five feet at the most. The Raggedy Man probably weighed about 100 pounds. I imagine if you could get him to remove the three pair of trousers, three t-shirts, two sports shirts, pullover...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Risky Child Behaviors Cyber predators: Your child could be a victim: 6 of 10

On-line chat rooms are often fantasy playgrounds where users can be anything their imaginations allow. Women who have large bodies in real life can have hard defined bodies in the world of virtual reality. The timid accountant can become a professional football player. Usually it is all harmless fun that makes people change ...