John knows that I find cemeteries fascinating, and along with the requisite train ride, I think a cemetery visit is a must when I/we travel. This one was rather forlorn and I couldn't get any close-ups because the gates were locked (as was the case with all the NYC cemeteries that we happened upon). It had the most vigorous squirrel population I've ever seen--the ground was crawling with them.
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I was raised Mormon, but now I'm a hippie Quaker living in the OC with my two teenage kids: CatGirl & GameBoy.
Twenty-six years ago I lost my right leg to bone cancer. Awhile ago I had an antibiotic-resistant infection in my lower left leg, and now I'm healing from surgery and feeling better every day.
I like gardening, making history, outrigger canoeing, trying new things, and my afternoon cup of tea.
"You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think."
~Christopher Robin, Pooh's Grand Adventure
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Twenty-six years ago I lost my right leg to bone cancer. Awhile ago I had an antibiotic-resistant infection in my lower left leg, and now I'm healing from surgery and feeling better every day.
I like gardening, making history, outrigger canoeing, trying new things, and my afternoon cup of tea.
"You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think."
~Christopher Robin, Pooh's Grand Adventure
Contact: remyjATucidotedu
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2 comments:
I have been lucky enough to travel with a friend who does not find my love of cemeteries morbid or odd. She has embraced their peace and the stories they tell. They are a place to let the imagination run free.
The locked gates would have been awful - like being the kid who can only press his face against the glass of the candy store window.
Oh, I love visiting cemeteries in new towns! I think there is truly no better way to learn the history of a place than through its cemeteries. I especially love the pioneer ones--the older, the better. Of course, being a fiction writer, I get a lot of ideas from the the odd trinkets left at the base of headstones and the inscriptions.
Cool picture!
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