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Ghosts and stuff

Posted by Shirley Anne on May 21, 2012

Zimmerman portraying a ghost.

Zimmerman portraying a ghost. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

When we were young we entertained ourselves by playing ‘Ghosts‘. We lived in a small prefabricated house that had only a few rooms and a small hallway that had a slight recess to an airing cupboard and doors which led to the bathroom, toilet, and bedrooms with the front door at one end and one that led into the lounge. There were five of us children but at that time only the four eldest of us could run about and play. One of us elected to go and hide, covering ourselves with a white sheet pretending to be the ghost and after we had shouted that we were ready the others would slowly creep out of the lounge and try to make it to one of the rooms before being caught by the ghost. Of course we were caught every time and ran off screaming as the ghost made ghoulish noises whilst waving itself about under the sheet! We seemed to relish the idea of being scared stiff! I don’t know why it is that children like to be made a little scared in this way or like reading horror stories or watching horror movies. As we grow older one would assume that phase of our lives would cease but in fact many adults love horror movies and horror stories and still find excitement in being made a little frightened occasionally. We hear of those who deliberately seek after the spirit realm and go out of their way to encounter an apparition or ghost. Whether such things exist is debatable but I do believe in the existence of evil spirits myself although I would not wish to encounter one. There are stories about houses being haunted and ghosts terrifying the people living there but are they in fact ghosts? Why do you suppose some people like pursuing such things whether real or not? If there were such things and they in fact encountered them would the excitement still be there? I would think not but who knows? There are some strange people in the world!

Shirley Anne

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This ol’ house

Posted by Shirley Anne on August 5, 2010

E went shopping this afternoon so soon after she had gone and I had finished on the computer I decided to go into the kitchen and prepare something for our evening meal. A neighbour had guys cleaning out her land drains so there was some noise with the machinery. It’s odd I find, that you get used to noises after a while, as long as they aren’t too loud. The house was otherwise very quiet. I’d been in the kitchen some fifteen minutes and I realised that there was no longer a sound coming from outside. Now it was deathly quiet and it was noticeable. Being an old house, built in 1877, it has creaking floorboards but like any house there is always some movement due to temperature changes and such. I began hearing noises which I couldn’t ascribe to any of the usual little noises common in houses. This isn’t the first time I’ve heard such noises when alone in the house. They sound like someone walking about in an upstairs room. Once I was so convinced there was someone else in the house I went about looking but soon realised I was alone, or maybe not? If I tell anyone about them they think I am making it all up or that I am just imagining things. Apart from the occasional noises I have seen shadows from the corner of my eyes when looking elsewhere and in rooms where there are no reflections from passing traffic. Something caught my eye once and I glanced toward where I thought I’d seen something but found nothing there. I felt certain I had seen a shadow moving on the stair. Maybe it is all in my imagination but I have an open mind. Perhaps the old house has more to tell than I once thought?

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Ghosts.

Posted by Shirley Anne on January 30, 2010

From Wikipedia………..
A ghost has been defined as the disembodied spirit or soul of a deceased person,[1] although in popular usage the term refers only to the apparition of such a person.[2] Often described as immaterial and partly transparent, ghosts are reported to haunt particular locations or people that they were associated with in life or at time of death.

Phantom armies, ghost animals, ghost trains and phantom ships have also been reported.[3][4]

Ghosts or similar paranormal entities appear in film, theatre, literature, myths, legends, and some religions.

So what about you? Do you believe in ghosts? Have you seen an apparition of any description that would incline you to think what it might have been? There are many stories about encounters with ghosts, spirits even angels and possibly many of them based in fact. Countless pictures and photographs exist of ‘ghosts’ but of course a photograph can be ‘doctored’. It would be difficult to make a decision one way or another just by viewing a picture. I think a personal encounter is the only way we can prove to ourselves one way or another whether ghosts really do exist. I have reservations but I do believe in spirits both angelic and demonic. Whether a ghost is the same as a spirit I could not say. Usually ghosts are reported as an apparition of somebody who once lived, maybe their ‘spirit’ but that would mean that they were neither in heaven nor in hell, if you believe in such things. I do. That would also mean that their spirits would remain forever roaming about. Why would that be the case? Why then should they become partially visible to us? There are many things we do not understand and perhaps never will. Once as a very young child, I was awakened in the night by something and gazed toward the foot of my bed and saw my brother standing there. He was actually lying next to me as we shared a bed in those days! I never did get to understand that experience. Perhaps it was a ghost, perhaps it was just my imagination but I know what I saw.
I cannot place photographs here because of copyright restrictions but you may see them by clicking on this link http://www.ghostresearch.org/ghostpics/

Shirley Anne

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Coincidences.

Posted by Shirley Anne on October 31, 2009

Today, as almost every day, I will look in at some other people’s blogs and make comment there. In her blog called ‘Patent Pending’, Jillian is writing about her experiences through transition and now, a couple of weeks after her operation she is writing about her experiences with dilation. It is a very necessary routine which we must go through when we have this kind of surgery. It is essential for maintaining the vagina. It gets better though and becomes a once a week affair after a year or so. Last night I was having a session of dilating and fell asleep only to wake up two and a half hours later with the dilator still in place! How coincidental that she should be writing about dilating today.
Sometimes when I am writing something down the same word that I am writing is being spoken on the television which is normally on in the background. It’s uncanny and happens more often than not.
They say that when you have lived with somebody for a long time you become atuned to their thoughts. This I have found to be true. I have lived with my ex. for 35 years and often she can or I can predict each other’s actions. This I think is not merely coincidence though but quite often she will say something or do something that I was thinking of doing too.
Maybe life is full of coincidences or maybe not?

Shirley Anne

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