jen, that is such an interesting take on them! i do love the fact that these houses hold such a long history that in many cases, no one will ever know. i know that a lot of people would also tuck newspapers into the walls when they built a new house to be found at some later date. i worked for one of our historical societies and their museum/log cabin had papers in the walls that were more than 200 years old and hadn’t been touched since then. so cool, eh. i loves the old stuff.

If it’s any small comfort at all, though, I’m totally mad for your ghost house picture! It reminds me of the old-time habit of using newspapers for insulation, and also of all the stories that any house will hold. Wonderful stuff.