Out of Town

"When was the last time you drove out of town?"

I last drove out of town to visit my grandmother in Sedalia.
She's not doing so hot. When we visited her recently, she was half asleep the whole time.
I think that was about at Easter time.
Sedalia isn't much of any place to visit. Not really exciting. Sort of small. The State Fair is about the best thing going for it.

House

"Whose house (besides your own) were you in last and why?"

For a few years, I stayed in my grandmother's house at Campbell street in Kansas City, Missouri. It was down the street from B.B.'S Lawnside Barbecue.
My grandmother let me stay there while she stayed at an assisted living center. It gave me an opportunity to be independent and live on my own.
It was okay for awhile, but then my grandma died and my aunt sold the place, so it was back to living with my parents.
I liked that house. I liked having my dog, Zanie, too. But I couldn't afford the property tax. She had a large side yard and an old stone house which I guess cost a lot.

Ghosts

"Do you believe in ghosts? If so, have you ever seen one?"

I believe in souls. I don't believe they hang around on earth, and I certainly don't believe in psychics, mediums, Ouija boards or Tarot readings.
If I'm in my basement at two in the morning, it can be pretty scary, but I don't think there's anything in my basement darkroom except piles of newspapers and junk.
I am pretty skeptical about the EVP theory because they use the same arguments for ghostly voices on the radio and TV that they do about hearing voices in the shower. Sure. And there's ghostly messages in the "braille" on my stucco ceiling, too.
At any rate, I think a lot of these "haunted houses" are really issues of houses settling (shifting floorboards, etc.), excited imaginations, and merry pranksters.