It sat on the bench by our front door -- a small, unprpossessing package addressed to me. It had apparently been left by FedEx during our Friday Night Gathering and no one had noticed it as they left. There it was, waiting patiently, on Saturday...
Tricky arrived on Tuesday afternoon and left Thursday morning. He was our first house guest in over a year -- actually since (we think) the Milt Williams/Barbara Bate House Concert on February 9, 2020. No one has stayed upstairs since then, so...
A proof of the cover for my up-coming ghost book has arrived and it couldn't be more perfect! I love it! The parsonage (Mrs. Crouch's place) is in the foreground with the Oysterville Church (where you-know-who used to preach) peeping from...
Mrs. Crouch, known as Sarah to her family and close friends, arrived in Oysterville in the fall of 1892 -- probably in October. She accompanied her husband, the Reverend Josiah Crouch, whose salary (according to notations in the Record of Accounts...
In our house, if something strange can't rightfully be attributed to Mrs. Crouch (our resident ghost), Nyel has the perfect catch-all category. Mrs. C. usually gets credit for doors that swing open for no reason or for pictures that suddenly fall...
I love the upstairs in our house. But, for the last few years, I don't love the killer stairs I must climb to get there. I think the biggest reason for my lack of ascension (just to the upper story, not to heaven) is arthritically related. That...
Yesterday's trip to Rebound netted Nyel a good report on progress thus far. He was dismissed within a half hour and headed home minus the rest of his stitches, accompanied by copies of his latest X-rays and an appointment in four more weeks. ...
Well, Nyel doesn't really agree, but I'm thinking that we made great progress in the Lady Luck (or perhaps the Mrs. Crouch) Department yesterday. Three out of four big losses were solved! Just like that! First off, I found my car keys! (And just...
There are some scary places in our house. That’s probably to be expected in a big old home that was built back in 1869. And besides, we share this place with Mrs. Crouch, our resident ghost. But even though we’ve had a few overnight guests who...
Yesterday, Dave Immel and I were scheduled to have a dress rehearsal for the Shoalwater Storytellers performance that we are to give a few days from now. It was the “dress” part of dress rehearsal that was difficult for me. Actually, make that...
When you share your home with a ghost, Things Happen. We, of course, know that Mrs. Crouch is always nearby. She manifests herself in various ways – usually playful, seldom mean. She causes doors to open or shut, a single sock to go missing...