I remember the day, not too long ago, that I stood in front of my brand new home. After the year-long headache of the over-budget and over-delayed build process, I finally held the keys to the castle of my 11.4-acre Kingdom. The exhaust note from the contractorâs truck finally faded, …
New Houses can be Haunted Too, Here’s My Story Read More »
Hey, something weird happened to me last night and I need a little help wrapping my head around it. My wife Steph and I moved into this beautiful raised ranch home on 28 acres of forest in the Gatineau hills yesterday and I’m already regretting it. We got a lot …
No one had ever lived there. At least, not as long as I could remember. But I was 12, so that didnât mean much. I asked dad once, but weâd moved in only a year before I was born. And no one was there then. Mom passed away when I …
Everybodyâs got a story. I donât believe in ghosts but if you ever asked me if Iâd been somewhere haunted, this is the story Iâd tell. Down the road I lived on as a kid, there was an old dilapidated house. It was small and the yard was always overgrown …
I like to take walks around my neighborhood. Itâs nice. Reminds me of while I was growing up, every street a recollection, every sign a memory. The town you grow up in changes as time goes on, storefronts open and close, the schools get expanded, the rec centers remodeled. But …
Being the only person that lives near a cursed, murky, swamp-like lake sounds quite creepy, stupid, and moronic, I wonât lie to you, it kinda is. Most of the time anyway, but Iâve come to realize that not everything here is all bad, a lot of it in fact is …
Ever just stand back and admire the presence of even the simple atmosphere around you? The aroma, the embellishment, or the hands in motion on an old antique clock, making the room seem alive? This was my reaction as I stepped foot into my newly purchased house, with …
Old houses have a spirit of their own. We donât usually notice during the day when the sun is warm and the windows are open. Fresh breeze carries familiar scents from the garden and the flowering jasmine vines snaking their way through the crumbling stonework. There is always too much …
Think of all the faces you’ve seen in your lifetime. The brain memorizes these faces. Shapes, eyes, other features. Down to the smallest detail, we remember. Some faces we recognize in dreams. For me? In a nightmare… I have a daily routine of filling up my kurig, taking my medium …
