Oh my gosh! Where my son was born, there was a particular corner of his room that he would look at and smile. I often wondered what (or who!) he was looking at. The lady who owned our house before us passed away in hospice at the age of 100 right before we bought it. Was it her? Or maybe my grandmother who passed away a couple of years before my son was born but loved babies? Who knows!
My house was built in 1927 by a single lady named Katie. She was the town mail lady! She used to deliver the mail by horse and buggy. I even found a picture of her in a historic newspaper. She also had a large chicken coop in the backyard and ran an egg subscription for her neighbors. The original coop was still there when we moved in but we’ve since removed it and built a new chicken coop. I don’t think Katie died in this house but she left a lot of good vibes. I want to host a 100 year birthday party for the house!
I used to smell cigarette smoke all the time in my condo but no one smokes in my house or my neighbors. One day a little boy rang my doorbell. When I answered his father said, "I'm sorry, he just likes to ring doorbells." I was fine with that. I stepped outside to chat and the little boy pointed at my patio and said, "Someone is smoking on your patio." I opened the gate and showed him no one was there, but he kept insisting. The only other otherworldly issue in my home was that when the cats and I first moved in, they were constantly looking at something behind me.
My little kitty will sometimes go sit in a wall corner and whiz his head around and just kind of stare in a strange way curiously; I’m pretty sure he sees things that we don’t.
My parents had a ghost in a house they lived in about 25 years ago. He was a man who had died in the house in the 1940s and he mostly hung out in the basement and would turn on a light in a storage room they rarely used. He woke up my dad up one night when he was snoring (my mom was out of town so no one else was in the house; Dad says he stopped snoring because he didn't sleep the rest of the night). I'm a school librarian and I always joke about the ghost in my library when books have fallen off shelves. I do prefer all my ghosts to be of the friendly/mischievous sort so no poltergeists. I mean, I guess there could be mean ones out there but I like to think of ghosts as nice souls who weren't quite done on Earth.
My daughter used to stand in our bedroom and have conversations with the corner of the room. When asked she said, “I was talking to Grammy Ghost” but we never called anyone Grammy.
I went to a hotel once and it was definitely haunted. Late at night, I was watching TV when my sister's stroller started pushing itself back and forth! This is an interesting read and your baby is so smart to speak Simlish already!
In high school, I worked at a restaurant/bed and breakfast. It had existed in one form or another since the early 1900s, including as a “sanitormium,” or a health place of last resort where people basically came to die. People swear it’s haunted. I worked there for a decade, at all hours. I’ll swear to you it’s not. They claim Alice is the resident ghost and there is a painting behind the bar that they say is of Alice. It’s not Alice… it’s a random painting that the 1990s owners found at a garage sale 🙄 But it makes for a good story, I guess. They even filmed an episode of Ghost Hunters there.
I guess I won’t say that I don’t believe in ANY ghosts. But I definitely don’t believe there is a ghost at the Argo Hotel, lol.
I also live in a house where the previous owner died and he was so cool, according to the neighbors. He was an English professor and I am writer and I think he’s glad to have so many books in the house still. He hasn’t done anything in particular, but the house has a really friendly feel and I like to think Jack pops in now and then so see what we’re up to and approve of our new rugs. Whenever we get mail for him I say “you don’t need to worry about this anymore Jack, I’ve got you.”
LOVE your window installation (thank you for the video link)!!! So fascinating what you and Boaz were able to find out about one small spot in the city.
It’s cool/spooky that some of this history only exists in hardcopy- like if that postcard hadn’t been saved, we would never have known about the jabots!
If I could travel back in time, it would definitely be pre-arrival of Europeans in Australia, to see what the forests and wildlife would have been like before they (we) got here
Please oh please Brooke just at least one little detail more about the UFO! (I really love your newsletter. It’s the only one I read.)
Oh my gosh! Where my son was born, there was a particular corner of his room that he would look at and smile. I often wondered what (or who!) he was looking at. The lady who owned our house before us passed away in hospice at the age of 100 right before we bought it. Was it her? Or maybe my grandmother who passed away a couple of years before my son was born but loved babies? Who knows!
*when he was born, not where 😅
My house was built in 1927 by a single lady named Katie. She was the town mail lady! She used to deliver the mail by horse and buggy. I even found a picture of her in a historic newspaper. She also had a large chicken coop in the backyard and ran an egg subscription for her neighbors. The original coop was still there when we moved in but we’ve since removed it and built a new chicken coop. I don’t think Katie died in this house but she left a lot of good vibes. I want to host a 100 year birthday party for the house!
I used to smell cigarette smoke all the time in my condo but no one smokes in my house or my neighbors. One day a little boy rang my doorbell. When I answered his father said, "I'm sorry, he just likes to ring doorbells." I was fine with that. I stepped outside to chat and the little boy pointed at my patio and said, "Someone is smoking on your patio." I opened the gate and showed him no one was there, but he kept insisting. The only other otherworldly issue in my home was that when the cats and I first moved in, they were constantly looking at something behind me.
I just watched the video of your window installation, and a few others on Boaz' site. You two are my favourite renaissance couple!
My little kitty will sometimes go sit in a wall corner and whiz his head around and just kind of stare in a strange way curiously; I’m pretty sure he sees things that we don’t.
My parents had a ghost in a house they lived in about 25 years ago. He was a man who had died in the house in the 1940s and he mostly hung out in the basement and would turn on a light in a storage room they rarely used. He woke up my dad up one night when he was snoring (my mom was out of town so no one else was in the house; Dad says he stopped snoring because he didn't sleep the rest of the night). I'm a school librarian and I always joke about the ghost in my library when books have fallen off shelves. I do prefer all my ghosts to be of the friendly/mischievous sort so no poltergeists. I mean, I guess there could be mean ones out there but I like to think of ghosts as nice souls who weren't quite done on Earth.
I like Boaz’s channel. Spider Force is my personal fave. Nope, no ghosts. Just grifters and arguing-from-ignorance fallacies. Bummer.
Congratulations on the wonderful window project!
My daughter used to stand in our bedroom and have conversations with the corner of the room. When asked she said, “I was talking to Grammy Ghost” but we never called anyone Grammy.
I went to a hotel once and it was definitely haunted. Late at night, I was watching TV when my sister's stroller started pushing itself back and forth! This is an interesting read and your baby is so smart to speak Simlish already!
I wish I saw a UFO out my window :)
I could not have subscribed faster, I love your newsletter! And would love to hear more about the UFO, if you care to share.
In high school, I worked at a restaurant/bed and breakfast. It had existed in one form or another since the early 1900s, including as a “sanitormium,” or a health place of last resort where people basically came to die. People swear it’s haunted. I worked there for a decade, at all hours. I’ll swear to you it’s not. They claim Alice is the resident ghost and there is a painting behind the bar that they say is of Alice. It’s not Alice… it’s a random painting that the 1990s owners found at a garage sale 🙄 But it makes for a good story, I guess. They even filmed an episode of Ghost Hunters there.
I guess I won’t say that I don’t believe in ANY ghosts. But I definitely don’t believe there is a ghost at the Argo Hotel, lol.
I also live in a house where the previous owner died and he was so cool, according to the neighbors. He was an English professor and I am writer and I think he’s glad to have so many books in the house still. He hasn’t done anything in particular, but the house has a really friendly feel and I like to think Jack pops in now and then so see what we’re up to and approve of our new rugs. Whenever we get mail for him I say “you don’t need to worry about this anymore Jack, I’ve got you.”
I saw the window while waiting for a bus earlier this month. Amazing! I live very oy of course. I didn't realize it was a B n B
LOVE your window installation (thank you for the video link)!!! So fascinating what you and Boaz were able to find out about one small spot in the city.
It’s cool/spooky that some of this history only exists in hardcopy- like if that postcard hadn’t been saved, we would never have known about the jabots!
If I could travel back in time, it would definitely be pre-arrival of Europeans in Australia, to see what the forests and wildlife would have been like before they (we) got here