It's Incredible!

Two blog postings in one day! That has never happened before and likely will never happen again; usually I'm lucky to blog twice a month.

But I wanted to share these pictures from our Crime Writers of Canada panel in Vancouver on April 22, 2010 as a prelude to the Arthur Ellis Awards shortlist announcements. The photo shows Phyllis Smallman - The Sherri Travis Series, moi - Juanita Violini, and Joan Donaldson-Yarmey - The Traveling Detective Series. That man must be saying something weird, we look pretty skeptical.

UFO Reporting Turns Official

UFO sightings now have an official place to be logged and recorded, thanks to Phillipe Ailleris and the International Year of Astronomy. Now relabelled Unidentified Aerospace Phenomena (UAP), strange night-time lights and objects can now be recorded, in as much detail as possible, at Ailleris' new website, UapReporting.org.

UAP are usually seen at night, when both professional and amateur astronomers have myriad lenses pointed at the sky. They are the most likely people to spot strange lights in the sky, and - more importantly - the most likely to know how to accurately report what they have seen. UapReporting.org seeks to catalog these sightings and add to the body of knowledge about UFO's, UAP's, and false alarms. The site has a comprehensive questionnaire to complete asking for specific details. It also has a section on common mistaken sightings, such as ball lightning and satellites.

We are all in favour of more detailed, critical analysis and insight into the UFO phenomenon. In our way of thinking, the more we can level a critical eye at the unexplained, the more we will find truly unusual events which will slip through our analysis like watermelon seeds.

The more we look, the more wonder we will find. Go, Phillipe! And keep us all informed of what you, and thousands of informed eyes, discover about our strange sky.

Like unsolved mysteries and unexplained phenomena? Then you'll love Almanac of The Infamous, The Incredible, And The Ignored, 365 days of amazing real-life occurrences and paranormal activities written by Juanita Rose Violini and published by Weiser Books. It's a must-read for every mystery lover. Check it out at www.incrediblealmanac.com today. A magical daily read!

Comfort Zone

I am definitely feeling stretched! The book - it works!

Sort of a silly thing for the author to say but I've been taking myself at my word and the old 'comfort zone' is nowhere to be seen. One of the things the Almanac talks about, in the metaphysical portion, is that being constantly comfortable is going nowhere. We have to push ourselves - at this time I think this is the only thing that works.

Life as an experiment as well as an experience - and I am experimenting and experiencings as never before. Radio interviews are my equivalent of 'going boldly' where I have never gone before. Pretty wild stuff. I feel like a wallflower whose wall has been removed.

Would love to hear of others experiences in leaving their comfort zones.