The store

We have experienced very little activity in the house so far this fall and winter. Abnormally quiet whereas this time of year is usually rather active. My wife's store which is located in a very old building in a small neighboring town, on the other hand, has taken on the strange. I think I've mentioned the murmering my wife says about drives her batty there. She plays the inhouse music to mask the murmering. I have to admit I have not heard the mermuring there although it did happen at our house a couple of times in the past. But this store has displayed human "illusions", "ghosts" or whatever to me twice. These are the first really strong impressions of people that I've encountered. My wife has had several episodes, through the years, in various places we have lived; but I only had very quick impressions before. The latest occurred today. We had the store open until 4pm for last minute Christmas shoppers. Around about 2 oclock in the afternoon I entered our backroom to get a drink from the small frige we have there (No it wasn't alcoholic). As I entered the backroom I saw, what I at first thought , was my wife; but the dress was all wrong and besides I had just left my wife at the cash register helping a customer. The woman was wearing a medium dark blouse and navy blue long skirt. She had a dark scarf on her head and was bending over and, I suppose, was looking at a basket of mixed merchandise. On  reflection she looked very much like an Amish lady. I did not see her face and she vanished before I could say anything. These things take place so suddenly that you really have no oppertunity to react to them other than think "What the heck did I just see?" Maybe my wife and I are cracking up. I'd hate to think so. But these experiences are so real, at the time, only the vanishing act distinguishes them as something other than normal. The red haired boy I saw in my fist such encounter last summer, I would recognize if I saw him again. He was that real looking and was facing toward me; whereas the dark lady, today, had her back in my dorection. I guess I'm just curious as to what the heck I'm actually seeing. I don't think she was a Christmas spirit, but it is Christmas eve.