There is a lovely fall breeze blowing through the writing room. I have seen my first leaves changing colors. My Fall Spirits are lifted. Last week was simply a wonderful time in Maine. We sailed and hunted for lighthouses and ate Red’s Lobster Roll. It is cooler today in Southern Illinois than it was in Maine for most of our stay. There was even a Bald Eagle’s nest on a little island just off Graywoods and it screeched a memorable cry. When we arrived at the empty house MJ and I distinctly heard a woman’s voice call out, ‘Hello…Hello,’ and try as we might we attempted to answer her but she did not reply.

So, I heard a quote from a book on the life of Edgar Cayce where he referred to ‘God’s Other Door,’ and I liked the sound of it. One thing is for certain…we are uncertain about life after death. The great actress Betty White said before she died that we soon find out what the secret is.

Life is the greatest mystery. Have you ever seen an automobile wreck and thought that if you had been a few seconds ahead of your location on the road it could have been you? Seemingly minor or inconsequential choices make for major life changes. I began my career at Southern Illinois University @ Carbondale as a Building Service Worker I but spent the majority of my time there as a member of management/administration.

Ghost stories make a chill go up our spine. We are entering the time of year when they will be prolific. When we moved to Eldorado from Chicago in the fall of 1963 we truly moved into a haunted house. I was 5 years old and my world had been turned upside down. I slept on a cot in the utility room. The house creaked and groaned and I heard whispering. On one occasion I heard a voice proclaim that I was meaner than the devil…when I asked in what way…silence.

So what is the Secret that Betty White spoke of? Is it a narrow view of the afterlife that our church dogma has taught us…or is it as big as God…