I spent all week on a campaign of remodeling and refreshing the kitchen and bathroom. I had a buddy working with me. It was just too big a job to take on alone. Even with help, I’m exhausted. I’m almost relieved that the sky is heavily overcast so I can avoid the beautiful Wolf Moon. I don’t have the energy to deal with it.

We did a nice job. The SO was ecstatic when she saw it. I feel good about the work we did. The kitchen hadn’t been painted in a long time. We put in LCD overhead lights so the room is bright, the way I like it. I like good light for my cards and photos.

When we first moved into this house, we all saw apparitions at times. They weren’t threatening, they were just there which was unsettling. The house was built in 1927 and a lot of people have lived here over the years. It wasn’t unreasonable to assume that echoes or impressions of previous occupants might linger around the place.

We got an excellent deal on the house because it was in terrible condition when we bought it. At first, I did all of the work myself. Later, when money was better, I used contractors to repair and upgrade the house. But, at first, I did the work myself. I would often be alone in the house and I would hear all sorts of things – footsteps, thumps and muffled voices.

I never cared much for spirits and ghosts (or whatever they are). I’m not afraid of them, but I’m not all that interested in them either. One time as a child I saw the “ghost” of my grandmother that was so convincing that I reached out to hug her. There was nothing there. That experience was transformative for me, but subsequent experiences haven’t had that power. I saw apparitions around this old house when we first moved in.

Recently, the SO and I were talking and the subject turned to ghost hunting. We both observed that we didn’t have the “ghosts” anymore. Or, if we still did have them, they were really quiet. The question intrigued me. It returned to my mind frequently. “What had happened to the ghosts?”

There was no specific communication, but over time an impression formed in my mind. The spirits are still here. They are quiet and co-exist with us because they like the respect we have shown to the house. They seem to like us and the energy of our family.

Are there ideas to be gained from these experiences? (a) Our own attitudes toward these things have a strong effect on how we experience them, i.e., if we are afraid, they will be terrifying. (b) There is a spiritual dimension to life which is beyond the 3-D experience. (c) It is impossible to know what these things are, whether spirits, energies, echoes or what, and it is pointless to argue about it. We apprehend them through a way of knowing which precedes conscious thought. (d) Living a spiritual life, however you understand that, is necessary if you wish to commune successfully with the spirit world.

On some haunted evenings, I still see them. They are here or there, at a window or in a hall. They are enjoying a space we have all come to call “home.”

My haunted life – take what is useful and leave the rest.



Syd Weedon
1/26/2024