My  name is J.W. Ocker. OTIS is a chronicle of my visits to the unusual ...oddities of nature, art, science, and culture. I also write books...

December 21, 2021— We decided to skip Thanksgiving this year for various reasons and just do a big week-long road trip. To nowhere in partic...

November 3, 2021 — I read my brother’s suicide note for the first time inside a chapel in Portugal made of human bones. I learned about his...