But while this winter wasn’t a bad one, it was definitely different. And one of the things I noticed this year was the spirit activity. Because we live in a haunted house, we always have some type of spirit activity. Whether it’s human, animal, or entity. Most of the spirits here are family and friends. But because both Joe and I are mediums, we also attract spirits that are just passing through. It’s like they see us almost as a lighthouse with a beacon that shines a bit brighter than some. That beacon of light tells them we can see and hear them. So they stop in to say hi, say hello to our live in spirits and either decide to visit awhile or just keep going.
At Christmas time, we seem to get a lot more spirits-they enjoy the festivities of the season. They seem to be attracted to the lights. But one of the interesting things is they also seem to be attracted to those of us that get depressed this time of year. Are they here to cheer us up? Or were they depressed in life? I would have to say a little of both. I’ve had some spirits passing through here that thought they were on Comedy Central. And then, of course, you have the smart alec ones. They are the ones with the one liners. To those of us that can hear them, it’s really funny. We had one spirit here that we used to call drop dead Fred. His energy seemed to speak of a man in life who was probably depressed most of the time, but kept the depression at bay by always being funny. He hadn’t changed much in death. But he hated to be called Drop Dead Fred. I had given him that name and he finally yelled at me one day about it. Kept telling me, my name is Fred damnit!!!! Just plain Fred. So when I said ok, Just Plain Fred, well, you can guess. 
The other interesting thing about this past winter was the 3-4 day blizzard we had. Now, it wasn’t a constant blizzard. But it would snow like crazy, we’d snowblow the driveways, go back inside, get warmed up, relax. And then would look out the window a few hours later, yep, you guessed it, more snow. I think we cleaned out about 3-5 times from Friday-Monday. Finally that Tuesday, we looked out and saw sunshine.
But the spirit activity during that time of the blizzard was the most intriguing. Do spirits feel cold or do they just have a memory of it? I found during those 4 days of on again off again snow that our spirit activity really picked up inside the house. We had a lot more just stop in and stay awhile. They would look outside and say things about it looking cold out there-but they would never say they actually felt the cold. When I would ask, they’d look at me like I was crazy and say have you been outside lately. Um, yes, thank you I have, I just finished the driveway. So I never did get a straight answer. But my thought is that what they feel is the memory of it. When they were alive, if it snowed, it was cold. Now, whether they can feel it or not, they still have the memory of it feeling cold.
But like I said at the beginning, it’s spring here. We’ve cut the grass several times, the leaves are out on the trees, the forsythia bush has flowered, the apple tree has flowered, we’re waiting on the spirea bush. And our lilacs are beautiful. Even the 2 small bushes we planted last year are flowering.
So, everyone have a good spring. Enjoy the nice weather. And say hello to the spirits as they pass through.
Till next time.,
