Hookland 9/11/20 6:10:38

@mdpresson @wesleymallin Not wishing to play unnecessary counterpoint, but aren’t you assuming that the non-human doesn’t record events in many usually inaccessible to us?

Hookland 9/11/20 8:02:37

Here are the ghosts caught in the amber of unresolved violence, caught in the sticky resin of hatred. Here are the ghosts looped in denial, snared in poacher‰Ûªs wire woven from hurts beyond banishment. – C. Josiffe, 1948 #Ghosts

Hookland 9/11/20 18:52:31

Certain homes seem to travel through history acquiring ghosts like some collect Chinese porcelain. Greensea Grange has such a hoarding, such a density of ghosts, that not only are its rooms haunted, but even its walls whisper with spirits. – C. Josiffe, 1934

Hookland 9/11/20 21:17:31

All along the bruised lip of England, coastal hotels shiver out of season. At the October Hotel, Brighthaven, shivers come not from rough winds, harsh salt kisses on paintwork and sea mists against window, but from phantom guests who refuse to leave despite the bitter weather.