A Haunting in Cobh

The Commodore Hotel started life as the Queens Hotel in 1854. It served an upper class clientele and was quite posh. It changed ownership a couple times before it was owned by a German named Otto Humbert. During his tenure, on May 7th 1915 the Lusitania was sunk by German u-boats. It was only 18 miles from Cobh. The hotel was pressed into service  as a make-shift hospital for the survivors and as a morgue for the deceased. 

Many of the hauntings at the hotel center around the moaning of people in pain and pacing footsteps back and forth. Hotel guests also claim to experience unexpected cold spots.

Another intriguing tale from the early 1900s centers around a young woman who checked in with her young child. The baby was often heard crying, inconsolably. The next day the woman checked out of the hotel without the baby. Shockingly, the baby is later found dead in a small suitcase. 

Guests can still hear the anguished wails of the tormented infant. 

The hotel staff will neither confirm nor deny the tales of ghostly hauntings. One clerk said “some people get very unnerved by the supernatural so we do not want to frighten them away from staying at the hotel.” 

 Peldyn 

Happy Birthday to Me!

Celebrating my birthday all week long, lol

This cake was so cute, I almost didn’t want to cut it! I had a nice evening with friends and we watched “Enchanted April”

I hope this is a good week for  everyone!

Peldyn

Reading to Disassociate

I have always been a reader. I escaped an abusive childhood through books. I read books through all my early adulthood to cope with life as a military spouse. I read to my children. Now I read to try and stay sane through the possible dismantling of our government. Yes, I am doing my part to resist. I am also trying not to lose my mind. Just finished “Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe” and I highly recommend it. Now to try to knock down my NTR pile of books on my bookshelf.

What are you reading right now? Let me know.

Peldyn

New Shoes

Trying to find just the right shoes for a cosplay character can be really hard. The shoes I wanted were not only really expensive, but were completely sold ou. I found a similar pair online from Mona flying. They are 100% leather, but the color is much more blue than black. They looked really dark online. So I may try to use black leather dye. They are very comfortable  and totally perfect for normal wear too. 

 Can you guess what character I will be dressing as? I think this is a hard one. The shoes may be distinctive, but people don’t always look at shoes actors are wearing in tv shows.

Let me know your guess in the comments.

Peldyn

I Am Tired

I know, we are all tired. The massive amount of  EOs put out by the president are made to wear you down. To break you. His allowing Musk to raid the Treasury Department is horrifying. Please, do what you can to ensure your safety. These are unprecedented times in the USA. This is what happened in Russia, Germany, Hungary… the end result isn’t pretty. Work on building your community of friends. We will all need each other to get through this. 

Don’t Give Up

No matter how shitty the world is, I am not going to give up. I had my coffee, did laundry, took care of the animals, and did dishes. I also planned my wardrobe for my European trip and tried not to catastrophize. I worked on a letter to my congressman and donated to a couple charities. We are a community.

And the Fascists Are In The House

Target has joined many other piece of shit stores in getting rid of DEI. Fuck them. Fuck the government, fuck the nazis. I will not roll over. Looking for ethical replacements for those fascist collaborators. Not another cent of mine will go to them. May they all crumble into dust.