What happens when you buy a historic house…and discover you may not be the only ones living there?

When Michele and Frank purchased the historic...

Living in a Haunted House 101: Eight Years of Footsteps, House Rules, and Unseen Houseguests at the Riggin-Pesold House by Michele King Hellstern

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Living in a Haunted House 101: Eight Years of Footsteps, House Rules, and Unseen Houseguests at the Riggin-Pesold House

What happens when you buy a historic house…and discover you may not be the only ones living there?

When Michele and Frank purchased the historic Riggin-Pesold House, they expected restoration projects, old-house quirks, and two centuries of history.

A companion to
The House That Learned to Hold: The Biography of the Riggin-Pesold House, this book...

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The House that Learned to Hold: A Biography of the Riggin-Pesold House

The Riggin-Pesold House has stood in Lebanon, Illinois, for nearly two centuries, shaped by those who built it, altered it, abandoned it, and chose to return.
In
The House Learned that to Hold: a Biography of the Riggin-Pesold House, Michele King Hellstern weaves documented history with a lyrical narrative voice, tracing the home’s evolution from...

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Finding a new chapter when the old one ends without permission

For thirty years, I lived in a world where seconds mattered.

As a paramedic and later a trauma and Army nurse, I ran toward the very situations most people instinctively ran away from. Sirens, flashing lights, chaos, life-and-death decisions, these weren't extraordinary interruptions to my day. They were my day.

I knew who I was in that world. I knew what I was capable of. I knew how to function under pressure, make difficult...

To write a blog - my-oh-my, not an area I thought I'd venture into, yet here I am. I suppose this may become a spot which allows me to try ideas and/or plans for future books. I have a children's book or two, yet I'm still struggling with illustrations. ARGH!

It's late - I must get some rest. I hope you're busy reading my first two books! Available on Amazon and in local shops if you're near Lebanon!