Author Archives: Trish and Rob

The Two Toms

Posted on June 21, 2009 by Trish and Rob

This story is from Janice Cutbush, a retired teacher and friend in Ballspa, New York. Her husband, Tom Cutbush, died about ten years ago. Her son, also named Tom Cutbush, lives in Haddenfield, New Jersey. About a year ago, Janice’s … Continue reading →

Posted in clusters, encounters, family, names | 6 Comments

Fox I Ching synchronicity

Posted on June 20, 2009 by Trish and Rob

Here’s a foxy tale from Adele Aldridge.***Three months ago I made a difficult move from one state to another and am just getting settled. Recently an opportunity presented itself to move again into a larger apartment. I need more space … Continue reading →

Posted in animals, fox, I Ching | 6 Comments

Portland Synchronicity

Posted on June 19, 2009 by Trish and Rob

Several weeks ago, a blog called Life in the Second Half came up in a Google alert for synchronicity. I lurked on the blog for a couple of days, enjoyed what I read, and really liked that the author called … Continue reading →

Posted in blogs, connections, creativity | 5 Comments

N.F.D.

Posted on June 18, 2009 by Trish and Rob

Years ago, an editor asked me if I would be interested in completing a novel for an author who had died. He was forty and passed on very suddenly of a heart attack. He’d written four chapters and left behind … Continue reading →

Posted in c6, creativity, ghostwriting, trickster, writers | 9 Comments

Book sale synchronicity

Posted on June 17, 2009 by Trish and Rob

Here’s an interesting and somewhat humorous synchronicity related to the sale of our book proposal on synchronicity. Last week, an editor who heard that we had an offer decided to immediately pitch the book to the sales staff. She was … Continue reading →

Posted in books, publishing, writers | 8 Comments

Hexagram 51

Posted on June 16, 2009 by Trish and Rob

For anyone familiar with the I Ching, the hexagrams you throw are sometimes eerily literal. Such was the case for Kysha Jackson, a sales rep who lives in West LA. On May 15,Kysha was using an online site for the … Continue reading →

Posted in divination, earthquakes, hex51, I Ching | 4 Comments

Our Book Proposal Sells!

Posted on June 16, 2009 by Trish and Rob

At 10:16 a.m. PST, June 15, we found out that we had a deal. Our synchronicity book will be published by Adams Books. One other publisher also made an offer, but Adams topped them.Rob & Trish

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Vox Piscis

Posted on June 15, 2009 by Trish and Rob

We’re traveling this week so we’ve availed Robert Ripley’s Giant Book of Believe it or Not a couple of times. Here’s another one.*** In 1626, a fishmonger in Cambridge, England pulled out a book that was bound in sailcloth from … Continue reading →

Posted in books, fish, heretics, word seriality | 7 Comments

Dueling Phone Calls

Posted on June 14, 2009 by Trish and Rob

Natalie sent us this story June 3 about synchronistic and simultaneous telephone calls. As you’ll see, almost everything about these two calls was synchronous. Natalie also noted that I had the same initials, R.M. as the two male callers. Rob*** … Continue reading →

Posted in clusters, communication, names | 3 Comments

Dead man’s hand

Posted on June 13, 2009 by Trish and Rob

I’ve come across this story a couple of times on the Internet. It appeared in Robert Ripley’s Giant Book of Believe it or Not, Warner Books, 1983. *** In 1958, a poker game turned deadly. It seemed a man named … Continue reading →

Posted in fathers, murder, poker, sons | 4 Comments