literal epitaphs for amiable consorts

checked out an ol' burial ground in ipswich, MA today with LVQ. she saved the day with a camera phone when my real camera proved not up to the task, energy-wise....so a return visit, and more very descriptive and old stones, will happen.

hourglass!

vt

spent some days in and around south royalton, VT, checking out the one-horse, two-bandstand town that is where my dear friends have steaded the home, dropped the cash and cracked the books on law school.
"downtown" so ro
at the joseph smith birthplace, with blaring hymnal sounds coming from the woods. this granite is from barre, and was hauled in one piece, over mr. button's mudhole to this site. it's as tall as jsmith was years old when he was "martyred" for the cause. mormon pilgrimage site with tight shoes.

rode around in lots of trucks and convertibles; mr. jeremiah vernon piloted this one, and mr. tobias fischer swiped this rad bag for me and brought it all the way east from the scenic mountains and teal-beamed structures of fresno, CA. cool.
another cool bag.

meat tags

bbc just did a piece on a guy in north carolina that tattoos a lot of "meat tags": tattoos of vital information in a replica image of soldiers' dog tags. the acknowledgment and preparation for death, for practical purposes and by emulating the tags themselves, takes a toll on this skull chalise-drinkin man: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/world_news_america/8913507.stm

summers past

from whence i sprang- my grandmother at the beach with my aunt & uncle (presumably in scarborough...), and my grandfather in a one-piece. happy august.