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I sometimes regret not having bought Highgate Manor n 1990...for $80,000. Cheap, even in those days. I put a deposit on it, but backed out a few months later. Now it's probably worth well over a million.

But there's something about it...a 'feel' to it. Not necessarily a good one. Purported to be haunted...which I don't doubt. Somewhere in storage I have a photo from my first visit there. It's of part of the second story, taken from outside...and I've always been convinced there are shadowy figures in the window. Also, past owners hadn't had the best of luck. (I'll have to do some research...but I know the place doesn't have a 'happy family' history.)

On the afternoon of that initial visit, I was driving up to Highgate and the sky quickly darkened. By the time I got to the property, an all-out storm was raging. (I later learned there had been a tornado warning out for that part of the state...a rare occurrence in Vermont.)

I had a strange response to my first view of the building. I began physically shaking. I told myself it was a reaction to the sudden and unusual change in weather. But who knows?

I often wonder what my life would have been like had I gone through with that transaction. The only thing I know for sure is it would have changed all subsequent events...as all major decisions do...and my life would be completely different from what it is today.

And today is pretty good!