My interest in cemetery headstones (and skulls) began on a trip to Boston, Massachusetts where I visited the Granary Burying Ground. I became fascinated by the skull and crossbones on the headstones and thought, “that’s what I want on my headstone!”. I was living in Bar Harbor, Maine at the time which is on Mount […]
Read MoreThis story can go in several directions but most of it is the bulk of an email (in quotation marks) I sent to my six siblings after my oldest brother posted that he had contracted covid: Last year, shortly after getting the 2nd vaccine shot, I started having back/hip problems to the point where I […]
Read MoreNote: Jeffrey Dahmer was the ‘guy with the camera’. I lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin roughly from 1987 to early 1991. Being a bartender, I typically worked nights, so my off time was during the day which worked out well because my boyfriend at the time and I were both athletic and had active outdoor lifestyles […]
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Note: Email to a friend. This is bizarre to me, but I thought you might find this story interesting: So, you’re aware of my interest in cemeteries and my pursuit to view the Schooner Head Cemetery. I was originally steered away by the owner of the land, Dan Burt (poet/lawyer), so I journeyed down an […]
Read MoreA prerequisite to graduate from UNC-Asheville was to take the Graduate Records Examination (GRE) which was required for entrance into most graduate programs at any university. I had no intention of going on to graduate school so, at the time, I viewed it as just a waste of money. After getting my degree from UNC […]
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