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It is a well-known fact of British prehistory that burial monuments, sometimes on a monumental scale, are well-documented in the Neolithic and Bronze Age, but largely absent in the Iron Age, outside certain distinctive regional groups at particular periods.

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Is There Life After Death- A Ghost Story “Hon, I promise I am not gonna do anything to ya. I won’t try to scare ya.” “I swear to God, Richie,” she persisted. “if you touch me…” she let the words hang as she usually did. That was enough of a threat for him not to [...]

My brother-in-law took me to see their old, local cemetery today...


(and I know I posted "I Am Stretched On Your Grave" yesterday, but it really is the best possible melodic accompaniment. This is a live, acoustic version by Sinead O'Connor - awesome).

Grey skies...

Grey stones...

- a tiny bit of lingering fall color...

...but mostly brown, crunchy leaves, moss and lichen...

...and possibly the occasional ghost...?

One of my sister's family's favorite activities in their lovely, little cemetery is to play Hide and Seek, believe it or not. :-)


(and while there is no video to accompany it, you really should listen to Toni Child's "The Dead are Dancing" while you peruse...)

Who ever is 'it' must count to 30...

...while the remaining players scatter through out the lot...

(some hiding places are more effective than others...)

Today's skeleton girl took to the trees...

Found you!

I couldn't keep my camera off of fairy-niece #2 as she flitted about the cemetery -


(and as such, thought you should listen to Coraline's "The Ghost Children" as you go...)

(who was tapping on my shoulder? There's no one there...)

Don't you just want to pinch those rosy cheeks? Definitely not ghostly!

Alfred Brophy is the author of Reparations Pro and Con, which talks about visits to slave cemeteries as one type of reparation for slavery. He is also a contributor to Oxford’s African American National Biography and author of Reconstructing the Dreamland: The Tulsa Riot of 1921.  In the article below he looks at the controversy over the right to visit Thomas Jefferson’s grave.

The latest controversy over Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings–the enslaved woman whom Jefferson owned and with whom he, presumably, had several children–erupted last summer when Jefferson descendants had a reunion. While the Hemings descendants came to the reunion, they were not permitted to visit Jefferson’s grave, near Jefferson’s home of Monticello. The cemetery is on land owned by some of Jefferson’s lineal descendants and managed by the Monticello Association. (more…)

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When I was in high school my father had the unpleasant task of waking me in the morning. He would cajole me out of bed with promises of a freshly cooked breakfast, orange juice and the New York Times. Most days these bribes were successful because as hard as I tried to stay in bed, he was persistent. Below is some advice excerpted from Getting Your Child to Say “Yes” To School: A Guide For Parents of Youth with School Refusal Behavior by Christopher A. Kearney.

Some teenagers miss school because they have great trouble getting out of bed in the morning. If your client has this problem, then be sure she is getting plenty of sleep. The following will help: (more…)

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