Welcome to my Page!

This is where I showcase my interests for my online friends!

Currently, only my Genealogy and Dark Shadows pages are up and running,

but I have a host of Star Trek stuff that was posted on my AOL pages.

(That was before AOL had "issues" with member webpages and made them inacessible.)

So be on the lookout for my genealogy pages and Dark Shadows,

Especially if you're a fan of Angelique--and who isn't???

But just in case you start reading about Bajorans or Vulcans,

I�ve probably started my Star Trek section,

although that WOULD explain some of my ancestral brick walls!

Speaking of brick walls, we haven't been able to find any family

for our 5th great-grandfather, Elijah Caswell.

My current guess is that he may be directly related

to Barnabas Caswell of Taunton from the late 1700s.

Let�s see�and my great great grandmother's name was Julia�

And she had a sister named Angeline...hmm�

Maybe these puzzle pieces will fit together after all!!! lol!

Now...PLEASE NOTE!!!!

This is a permanent HARD HAT area!!!!

!!!!!CONSTRUCTION ZONE!!!!!

There are so many things I want to do here, that sometimes I get sidetracked,

so you may find that some of the links are like the staircases at Hogwarts.

If you run into problems (or Fluffy) please let me know.

So meanwhile, welcome to my MAZE!!!

Genealogically speaking, I come from LOTS of different places,

In North America:  at least two separate Native American tribes,

Virginia Cherokees and one from Massachusetts/Rhode Island

(but we don't know which one)

Ireland (in 1899), Germany (in 16whatever),

Scotland, England, France, and probably a host of Other Places,

not to mention

Risa, the Badlands, and the Delta Quadrant. 

In my research, I've found a lot of ancestors,

(no Collinses yet...)

but also a lot of cousins who are around today,

AND a lot of GREAT online fellow amateur genealogists

who have done MUCH to further my research

not to mention, some who are BOTH!

Thank you to them, and thank you to my ancestors, too,

although, could you guys be a little less elusive?????

For professional purposes, not to mention honoring the MOM Side of my family,

I've decided to adopt the name of my half-Cherokee ancestor,

Mag the Grey Horse

(also known as Charlie Greyhorse, and George Charles Harmon)

as well as my dad's family name, so that's where my "Grey Horse" comes from.

I guess that's really only making it "official"

Since I was given that name a couple of years ago by several researching cousins.

If you want to bypass my Dark Shadows/Star Trek/B5 comments,

click the ferret face to go to my genealogy page.

If you've been there before and forgot how,

and/or want to go directly to the Forest page,

(not to mention bypassing my incredible cleverness)

click on the little tree.

Now for Dark Shadows.

OK. WAIT.

Dark Shadows?

You mean THE Dark Shadows?

The gothic, horror, supernatural-type soap opera about your basic average eccentric millionaire family, their rambling 40+ room mansion complete with secret passageways, closed-off wings, locked doors, and mysteriously always-lit candles? Their assorted twisted family members who were either alive, dead, or somewhere in between? The show that was on from 1966 until it met its untimely death in the spring of 1971?

THAT Dark Shadows?

Yes. The Very Same.

Well, friends, in case you�ve been in parallel time for the last 30+ years, the good news is that it REFUSED to die in 1971 and lived on for several incarnations in syndication, and, though currently not running on television, STILL lives on in reunions, memorabilia, and fan fiction, video tapes, and DVDs.

 I was glued to the TV set when it was first on.

Back in the Dark Ages.  

When they never reran soaps.  

It's only been this last time that Dark Shadows has been run that I've had a VCR, so finally, after um...several years...I've gotten to see some of the old episodes again.  

But THEN the Sci-Fi channel started being cute with their lineup.

How can you show a SOAP...

And then suddenly start having marathons of other shows???  

Then two (only TWO) episodes and then MORE marathons!!!!! 

I mean What WERE They Thinking???

And THEN to just take the show OFF the AIR

Without even finishing the show's run?  

Well, that sent me running to the Great Oracle at Google

To see if there was any info out there, you know, support groups and stuff?

Wow!  Did I find some sites!!!  Mailing lists and message boards...

And FAN FICTION!!!  

Please! Was I out of the loop or WHAT??? Or maybe I fell into an enchanted sleep??? I had NO IDEA!!!

So I started reading!  And found some GREAT stories.

And a whole RAFT of stories by Charles Delaware Troll!!! That guy is awesome!

And Lara Parker? An entire NOVEL about Angelique�s past! WOO HOO!!!

There�s LOTS of fan fiction out there.

Unfortunately, lots of it was published online unfinished!

AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!!  

OK, so while I was waiting for everybody to finish their stories,

I had to do SOMETHING other than adding Van Winkle to my list of family names.

So I created...ta dah!!!

My Very Own Dark Shadows website!!!

And guess what???  That led to...

My Very Own Fan Fiction, that is now posted for you to enjoy!!

The entire saga is called, �Bright Shadows�

And, ok, so it's complete with my very own unfinished fan fiction...

But the first two stories in the series are done!!! (Yaaay, me!!!)

�Just Until Tomorrow�

Take us two years past the �end of the series� and picks up with Angelique having returned to Collinsport two months earlier seeking either closure or fulfillment in her relationship with a certain prominent citizen (about this tall�carries a wolfshead cane�) She is now anticipating his arrival after a long business trip.

Its sequel was completed in May, 2005.

�A Patient Promise�

Immediately follows the timeline and story established in �Just Until Tomorrow.�

The third in the series, �Hearts Restored,� is currently under construction.

�A Patient Promise� took me over a year to complete, and I wasn't working then, so�um�don�t hold your breath.

If it's any consolation, I'm writing as fast as I can!

OK, now Star Trek.  I've watched ALL the series.  

Or is that serieses?  

Or serii?  

All of them until "Enterprise" that is.   

I'm still feeling a little betrayed because

The Powers That Be abandoned the HUGE Star Trek universe

that they had taken years to build,

and backtracked a couple hundred years.

However, I have  seen parts of several episodes of Enterprise,

and was pleased that it didn't suck.  

But it's still NOT THE SAME.  

I"ll probably get over it eventually.

Meanwhile, what the HECK is happening on Bajor in the present/future?

(That's as opposed to the past/future of Enterprise.) 

And when, or is, Captain Sisko (whom we fondly refer to as "The Emissary") going to get his pips back down to DS9 AND his wife and find out if he has a new son or daughter?

And WHAT is going on with our favorite Betazoid mother, Lwaxana Troi?

And how did she react to those nasty guys who wanted to liquidate Betazed?

And where was she for The Wedding?  

You have to know she'd be there.

Now Babylon 5.  I LOVED Babylon 5.

Until Ivanova got promoted and went off the station.

Then I sort of lost interest.

But I still loved the idea of the show

and Ivanova and Sheridan and Delenn...

and Zathras

...and Delenn.

Did I mention Delenn?

But Susan was the best.  And she got the best lines.

But the very best was her excellent delivery. 

Remember, "I'll be in the car"?

How about the ever popular, "GARIBALDI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"?

And that brings me to my online "career" in first,

the Rangers,

THEN Star Fleet...

  It all started in a little 5000 watt radio station in Fresno, CA...

No...wait.  That's Ted Baxter.  

Ok, I've  got  it now.

I got hooked up to the internet  about five years ago,

and began playing online Star Trek and Babylon 5 games because someone

(Thanks, Tyler!) 

sent me an instant message,

"Hi!  I just read your profile and saw you like Babylon 5.

We're about to role-play a B5 online academy!

Why don't you come and sim with us!"

I said, "I have no idea what you're talking about, but sure, why not?"

After a few more confusing moments,

--Please IM the Captain for your post...???--

(OK, so I was clueless...)

They installed me in a position where I could do the least harm.

Actually, they asked me what job I wanted,

and since I still had no clue how these games were run,

I said, "Give me something easy..."

... so they let me drive the ship.

     Now if I was in charge of a starship,

I don't think my first reaction to a new cadet would be to hand over the keys,

but either they were REALLY desperate for players---

or they had sensed my innate ability for such a position.

Probably the latter, don't you think?  

Anyway, that's how my alter ego, Jaren T'shara,

became the hottest pilot this side of Mos Eisley.

Or at least DS9.

You can read all about Jaren in the

The Chronicles Of the Amazing Jaren T'shara

--coming�um�eventually to a website near you. 

Also, maybe, or at least in a parallel universe, Willie Brown, Space...um...Entreprenuer?

Not to mention her friend and comrade, Goo Stewart, Space Ferret.

 Oh yeah, and his pet human Captain Kayla Stewart, who both happen to be

Very Close to one of my best online cyberspace buds, Becky.

But currently, my Dark Shadows fan fiction is at the forefront of my list of �Things To Do.�

I'm working on compiling a list of links but for now, here's a great site...

www.laraparker.com

Now, in case you hadn't heard, some Dark Shadows news!

Lara Parker, who played Collinsport's own Angelique Bouchard Collins--everybody's favorite witch--has written her second Dark Shadows novel!!!! 

That's all for now, I guess!.

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Thanks, A.J. !!!