The Sideline Hobbies & Interests

The bliss of having multiple hobbies is what keeps a person (somewhat) sane. I'll spare you my tangent on the necessity of having various hobbies and interests- you have a mother to do that, and I would hate to take her job. :D

I have some peculiar hobbies/interests for a "little black girl" as many say, but who cares! The things make me happy and I enjoy learning new techniques  and discovering new outlets that many people avoid nowadays. I am done b*tching and moaning. 

I think my love of history is pretty oblivious. Photography is more of an interest- nothing that I have delved too deeply in. I just use my iPhone to photograph sites to be uploaded to Instagram and Flickr. I do not have a dark room or Nikon camera, too expensive. Instagram helps me to pick an effect that works for the picture- BOOM, BAM and done! 

History as a whole is a fascinating topic to me, but there are certain eras and events that make my ears perk up:

• World War II
• European Theater
• The Holocaust
• Criminology
• The History of Forensic Science
• Medical Science 
• Serial Killers
• Ancients
• The Romans, the Greeks, the Egyptians and so forth
• Colonization
• The Americas
• Early American history
• European history

And, who does not love a good cadaver? Paranormal history and stories really peek my interest. I am hoping to go on a ghost hunt within the year or next year with a friend or a group of friends. 

The Charleston area has numerous ghost stories and legends; some are even paired with tours. A few years back I managed to take a tour of the Old City Jail in the downtown area. LOVED IT! While on the tour my friend took a picture of the stairwell leading up the prisoner housing area and captured a silhouette of a woman. The tour guide and group were astonished and excited that someone managed to capture a photo of something. Anyway, the tour guide suggested that she may have captured of a still of Lavinia Fisher. 

Lavinia Fisher is believed to the be the first, recorded, female serial killer in the United States. Mr. and Mrs. Fisher ran a traveler's rest stop, in the Charleston area, that they used to murder and rob travelers. 

Here's some additional information on the Fishers: Legends of America and Murderpedia.