#Fernwood Cemetery

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Fernwood Cemetery, mostly.

[heroesandlovers]

Nancy Drew 2x02 "The Reunion of the Lost Souls"

Trying slightly new structure. Often the different plots of each episode are so entertwined that it's hard to just follow one character rather than chronological but sometimes it DOES make it easier to write. Here I've tried to group by overall plot and then subplots. Hopefully it makes sense? Also trying a new section called "Aceisms" because...well....

Main plot

The Drew Crew find Hannah who is tracing gravestones in the cemetery (Do we ever find out what she was doing? Updating her records maybe).

They all comment how they haven’t slept in XX hours. Nick points out he still doesn’t even have a place to stay.

Nancy says distractedly- “You can stay with me. Carson moved out”.

Nick gets a deer in headlights face and glances at George who says “Yeah, you should totally stay with Nancy”

So, the mirror pointed them to a sea shanty that will hold the story of the Aglaeca’s life. Hannah finds where there was a single recording of the sea shanty by a dude named Mac... who they track down to a bar.

Unfortunately, “Johnny Mac” was hit by a semi 40 years ago. Nancy points out that people being dead doesn’t necessarily preclude them from talking to them. They try to get some of his belongings so they can try and "call" him.

So…Nancy, Bess, and Nick are all staying together. Nick is visited by a nighttime visitor who wants a drink. Nick recalls the same guy at the Marvin’s party. Somehow, Nancy figures out that this is actually “Johnny Mac”. He appears to Nick because he reminds him of his black friend Buddy (🙄). They try to find some info about the orphanage he grew up in but can’t get anywhere.

Nancy: “We’re just gonna have to consult a professional”- SHE RESPECTS ACE’S BRAIN SO MUCH.

It’s not Ace’s hacking skills that find the orphanage though. He learns from Carson about Fernwood (OMG HOW DID I NOT REMEMBER THAT THIS IS WHERE THEY FIRST FIND THE ORPHANAGE THAT WAS SO PROMINENT IN S3?)

Fernwood is sus. It looks like it was literally just…abandoned. They find a picture of Johnny..and Nancy realizes she has seen all of the people in this photo (how insane that some of this was already planted in S1).

Well done writers...

The team figures out that all of the people in the picture died the same day. They had all been cursed by the Aglaeca. BUT…one person doesn’t seem to be reported dead…until they find a body upstairs in the orphanage.

But…the body isn’t the missing person in the photo…it’s Buddy. The one guy who apparently knew where the Sea Shanty record was. The Crew figures out that Buddy must have hid the record at the bar. Playing the sea shanty brings all the ghosts back…but then they just vanish.

Ace analyzes the record and is able to isolate a French woman singing.

“Hear the truth. I was no man’s wife.

They stole my fortune and took my life.

My chaperone betrayed me. The captain moved against me.

Now you ask of me but do not pay my toll.

So seven days later, I’ll come for your soul

Sending omens beyond your wildest fear.

Finally this song, the last you ever hear”

So…the Crew now know that they have seven days. And they’ve already used four. THEY HAVE THREE DAYS LEFT.

The Crew go to the cemetery to Mac’s grave. They find flowers left at the grave of all the Aglaeca victims. And they realize…the sixth person in that photo is still alive. And must know how to beat the Agleaca.

Ace and Carson

Ace comes across Carson and helps him carry the futon into his new…loft? Carson asks Ace to watch out for Nancy “Make sure she eats”. Ace interacting with Carson is so precious to me idk why.

He continues to help Carson get settled. And then he asks Carson to tell him his side of the story. “Help me understand why you did what you did”

Carson says that he was afraid telling Nancy the truth would mean he’d lose her. Change the family dynamic. I think this is a somewhat more selfish take than I would have thought of Carson. In S1, I genuinely got the vibe that his primary motivation was to protect Nancy. I think both are likely true.

Nancy catches Ace helping Carson. It’s a lovely scene. Nancy is again vulnerable with Ace. asking why Carson, for 19 years, didn’t tell her the truth. Ace is on her side. She’s right. But Ace also knows, that with the Aglaeca and their own mortality staring them in the face (literally sometimes), that Nancy may want to let Carson back in.

Nick and Nancy

“Guess we skipped the friend part the first time around. Yeah I guess we skipped over a lot of things”

Enough said. It makes me sad how sad their relationship seems to make them sometimes.

Nick and his Mom

Nick’s Mom is in town. But it’s not just for a visit. She wants him to come home..it’s been two years.

George and Nick’s Mom the “birdbrain tourist” didn’t exactly hit it off great. George is super awkward the whole episode around his Mom for much of the episode. But ultimately, George telling Nick’s Mom that she’s the perfect one to protect him. OK I SHIP IT. Also YES to the nickname Vicious for George.

I do love that Nick didn’t even hesitate to introduce George as his girlfriend (even though they haven’t told the Drew Crew yet? Or just Nancy?)

Welp, I guess Nancy knows about George and Nick now.

Aceisms

"$874? We should have brought Nick"

"Mr. D I think the guy at the store lied to you."

"My Mom spearheaded the changeover to CDs. I objected."

“Ma’am we also have lobsters. We have blueberries”

"The Aglaeca. Class of 1975 Reunion”

[thesehauntedhills]

Margaret (Mary) Willie Arvin ( April 21, 1879 – September 9, 1947) was a nurse from Henderson, Kentucky who served in the First World War in France at a British Army Hospital, and was one of the few women who was honored by all three of the major allied countries, France, Britain and the United States.

Arvin was the most decorated Kentucky woman veteran serving in World War I. She was awarded the British Royal Red Cross (2nd Associate) Medal, the U. S. Army citation for exceptionally

meritorious and conspicuous service (later exchanged for a Purple Heart), and the French Croix de guerre.

Arvin was one of the first women to earn a Purple Heart.

Arvin died on September 9, 1947 in Henderson, Kentucky. She was buried in the Fernwood Cemetery in Henderson. In 2010, a Kentucky historical marker that describes her service to her country was placed by her grave in the Fernwood Cemetery.

In 2006, Arvin was honored by the Kentucky Women Remembered and her portrait hangs in an exhibit at the Kentucky State Capital Rotunda.

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Worthy Monuments

Herman the Diver

Everything about Herman Wolter’s statue in Fernwood Cemetery outside Philly seems funny: his huge fin-de-siècle mustache and goatee, the fact that he’s staring with great dignity at a giant water tower across the street, and, most of all, his unusual outfit. Wolter chose to be remembered as a figure straight from the from the pages of Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea-in a deep-sea diver’s helmet at his feet. Except for the fact that he died in 1901, details about this heroic-looking man are scarce. We don’t even know whether he was a diver. Either way, hats-and helmets-off to Herman for wearing his aquatic gear with all the dignity of the Edwardian gentleman he was. 

Going Down with the Ship

There is a little weird, even for Philadelphia. Talk about going down with the ship! It’s located in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. -Ian Schultzultz

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Cemetery

Memorial Services & Funeral Home San Francisco | Funeral Home Near Me: Fernwood is a full range funeral home offering memorial services in our environmentally conscious Cemetery San Francisco Bay Area. We can assist you in giving expression to the richness and beauty of life through a Memorial Service or Funeral Home Near Me.

[cpuvathingal]

Back in Sausalito in January

I was visiting the Bay Area hiking the Marin Headlands in January 2018. It would be another eight months before I met Grace. That day inspired me, mainly because it brought back so many memories of when this was a daily adventure I was blessed to live.

A few days past a full year before Grace and I were engaged in January 2019 at Cavallo Point in Sausalito, I was visiting the Bay Area hiking the Marin Headlands by myself in Sausalito. I had not even met Grace yet which goes to show you quickly life can change. Hiking that day, I was inspired by everything around me, partly because it brought back so many memories of when this was a daily…

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Suspect round up: Juveniles on a motorcycle and an ATV take police on a wild chase through the streets of Gladstone, MI before pursuit was terminated for safety reasons

Suspect round up: Juveniles on a motorcycle and an ATV take police on a wild chase through the streets of Gladstone, MI before pursuit was terminated for safety reasons

URGENT URGENT U.P. Breaking News Bulletin – 4-21-18 – 4:25 p.m. ET

Suspects, ATV identified: Wild Saturday afternoon chase pits Gladstone, MI cops against wild male juveniles on an ATV and motorcycle – winding around numerous streets of the town in and around a cemetery

Suspect roundup, ATV inspected – after juveniles teens led Gladstone Police on a Saturday chase involving a motorbike and an…

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Stay cool while keeping Oregon clean, healthy and beautiful.

SOLVE volunteers make Oregon a better place to live and play. We need your help picking up litter in neighborhoods, pulling weeds in natural spaces and participating in a unique opportunity this weekend, caring for our state’s historic cemeteries.

  Great projects happening this weekend!  Even more events at solveoregon.org

  Upcoming opportunities:

  5/11 - May Second Saturday Cleanup – Portland

https://www.solveoregon.org/opportunity/a0C1I000005Pv95UAC

  5/12 – Mulching with Friends of Trees and Johnson Creek Watershed Council  - Portland

https://www.solveoregon.org/opportunity/a0C1I00000APEwHUAX

  5/12 –Clean Streets with Widmer Brothers - Alberta – Portland

https://www.solveoregon.org/opportunity/a0C1I00000APGFsUAP

  5/12 –Fernwood Pioneer Cemetery Cleanup Day – Newberg

https://www.solveoregon.org/opportunity/a0C1I000002IQwhUAG

  Questions? Contact SOLVE at 503-844-9571 ext. 332 or jon@solveoregon.org.

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there is a line between the old year and the new; it looks like that wooden stick in a piece of cotton candy. You twist it and it gathers sweet dust, dust that tastes like the feeling of sitting in a car going across the bay bridge in a rainstorm, flickering lights in the night and flooded streets, the overabundance of food where families come together, the wind out by a lighthouse, captain cass' roadside museum where his collection of sea glass is sorted by color and shape, breakfast in a café where everyone is wearing blue jeans and haircuts from the early 90s, the comforting knowledge that the pacific is still full of whales because look, here they blow. thoughts about someone we all lost last year come bubbling up, wrapped the warmth of spending time with people who would not have met without him. the wind blows over fernwood cemetery, succulents on eric's grave and the sound of children in the schoolyard at the bottom of the hill, possibly unaware of the mourning behind their backs and the fact that their laughter is a reminder that there is life, there will always be life, and in this californian winter, everything grows. generosity and complicated things, dynamics and drinks, watching raindrops travel down window panes. it tastes like meeting people on front porches who have stories to tell, thinking about the culture of casual compliments nestled within a consumerist hell that makes close-knit communities happen because what else can you do when you can't expect anything from your country? the security guard at the marijuana dispensary next door is sad because they're bulding a five-story condo across the street and it will rob him of his view of downtown and the sunshine on the pavement and is this a metaphor for something or is it not. fifty years of the black panther party in oakland, artifacts, interviews and art and a quiet rage about how little they taught us in school about resistance movements, when it would have been the most important thing to know and understand, a toolbox, a hammer, a nail. billboards for psychics, individually wrapped everythings and the constant presence of debris by the side of the highway. beer and wine and calvados, sips of everything, anti-cough medicine and hot tea, language-related laughs and an attempt to explain where german ends and english begins and how exactly one feels different to the other. softer, sometimes, and more restricted, sometimes, open source material at all times, a sponge like every proper language. take it, run with it, run for your life. william kentridge's „refusal of time“ tomas saraceno's „stillness in motion – cloud cities“ while the storm stays outside. there is a sweetness in everything, and sometimes it's just high fructose corn syrup. i was here for a little bit, i’ll go back home tomorrow. travel has always been fuel, this place has always been home, and just like every home i can tell it, "i hate you, i love you, i'll always make fun of your megalomania, and i'll always be a little bit sorry for it, you weirdo, see you next time, take care, stick around, be brave."

[gregfridman]

Cobbs Creek Park & Fernwood Cemetery (Philadelphia)

Cobbs Creek Park & Fernwood Cemetery (Philadelphia)

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This Cobbs Creek location turned out to be quite nice.  I was a bit surprised that I’ve lived in Philly for 15 years or-so and have never heard of it (even though we’ve skated nearby here all the time…).

There’s a pool, too!

Typical park trash…. People, the fuck?! can’t you just pick up after yourselves? Thanks!

Pretty nice…

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7 Emerging Life Celebration Trends Being Demonstrated at Reimagine 2018

Reimagine: End of Life kicked off in San Francisco this week and expects upwards of 7,000 area residents to attend. The funeral industry at-large is sparsely represented in the over 100 events taking place, but we are very excited to see Seven Ponds and Final Passages who have planned an enlightening presentation demonstrating 7 emerging life celebration trends.

Cover Image Credit: Aya Brackett Photography

This afternoon of powerful demonstrations invites participants to immerse themselves in a wide range of emerging practices and rituals around end of life including learning about the death doula, natural death care, shrouding, and memory celebrations. Attendees will have the opportunity to join in any of the 20-minute demonstrations and discussions throughout the afternoon. Some demonstrations will be interactive or illustrative while others will offer an opportunity for attendees to create something personal to take with them. All materials for participants to engage in various rituals will be provided free of charge.

Click Here to RSVP for this Free Event Saturday, April 21, 2018, 12:30 PM – 4:30 PM in San Francisco

Suzette Sherman of Seven Ponds explained to Connecting Directors the inspiration for a program about memorialization and dying rituals:

“As a culture we don’t talk about death, so no one knows what to do when a death takes place. Largely people are unaware of the new changes and options now available to them at the end of life. Our cultural perception of death is currently shifting from that of the macabre of the past to one of a natural part of life that it should be. There is a grassroots movement taking place where families are taking control – or should I say we are owning our death experiences. With this movement a variety of beautiful and loving contemporary rituals are emerging to help both the person dying, as well as the family members, to have meaningful end of life experiences. We are a culture that embraces rituals at birth, graduation and marriage, so why not at the end of life too? Dying is as profound as all stages of life.”

  Photo Credit: Aya Brackett Photography

1.  Loving Heart Will

The first presentation is focused on the creation of a heart will, a modern version of the ethical will which is a 3,500-year-old Judaic tradition. The heart will is a beautiful letter exposing of a person’s values, life lessons, forgiveness, and love to their survivors. It is a tradition being revived and Sally Shannon, an end-of-life planner at Threshold Coaching and Consulting, will discuss the history, meaning, and types of heart wills and present tools to create one. She will guide participants as they create their own heart will on site.

2. End-of-Life Doula

The end-of-Life Doula is transforming the rituals of dying and remembrance. The practice that was until recently a strange fringe practice is increasingly becoming destigmatized and mainstream. This presentation led by Henry Fersko-Weiss will present an overview of the philosophy and spirit of service that underpins doula care, along with the various grounding tools and techniques that give comfort and meaning at the end of life. Additionally, Fersko-Weiss will perform a live demonstration of a ceremony of blessings that honors a persons last breaths and reflects on how their life has touched the lives of others.

Henry Fersko-Weiss is the executive director and co-founder of the nonprofit International End of Life Doula Association (INELDA). He was the first person in the U.S. to create a doula program at hospice. His book: Caring for the Dying: The Doula Approach to a Meaningful Death, was listed by the Library Journal as one of the best books of 2017.

3. Home Funerals

Another emerging trend is families distancing themselves from traditional funeral home memorial rituals for the intimate home funeral. Caring for your own dead can be the ultimate expression of love, respect, and closure. The information surrounding death outside of the funeral home is vague and difficult to find, so Jerrigrace Lyons and Holly Blue will be presenting a hands-on demonstration of ways in which families can honor their dead in their own homes. They will touch on the laws and logistics involved with home funerals, and demonstrate the deeply moving process of natural death care: the ritual of bathing, dressing, and preserving the body to lie in honor for a home funeral.

Jerrigrace Lyons of Final Passages is a pioneer in the field of home funeral guidance, having facilitated hundreds of family-directed home funerals. A minister, death midwife, home funeral guide and reiki master, she co-authored the book Creating Home Funerals. She has been featured in the NY & LA Times, Wall Street Journal and appeared on POV/PBS.

Holly Blue Hawkins is the founder of Last Respects Consulting, an organization that helps individuals put their end-of-life matters in order. She also founded the Integral Thanatology Institute, which offers comprehensive education for death care practitioners. Holly Blue also has hands-on experience in tahara, the sacred Jewish ritual of preparing the body for natural burial.

4. Green Burial

Green Burial (or Natural Burial) is an increasingly popular option lead by the Green Movement, promoting environmentally conscious living. According to the Green Burial Council, green burial focuses on burial methods with “minimal environmental impact that aids in the conservation of natural resources, reduction of carbon emissions, protection of worker health, and the restoration and/or preservation of habitat. Green burial necessitates the use of non-toxic and biodegradable materials, such as caskets, shrouds, and urns. Connecting Director’s recently published a related eBook called “Top 6 Eco-Friendly Cremation Urns”  available for free download here.

This demonstration lead by Marcus Valera will teach attendees about what a modern-day green burial consists of and explore the practices and rituals involved in the Jewish tradition of natural burial. He will discuss green burial rituals, and lead participants in creating a ritual of their own by offering a personal gift in memory of someone they loved.

Formerly at Fernwood, the Bay Areas first green burial cemetery, Marcus Valera has had many years of experience working with families to facilitate their choice of natural burial. He has helped families with the complete green burial process, from preparation of the body, the use of green burial products and the final ceremony.

5. Cremation Rituals

Even though cremation is now the most popular end of life option in the United States (according to this recent CANA cremation statistics report) how it works is surprisingly mysterious for the average person. This presentation given by Ryan Laplant will demystify cremation answering basic questions about the process like “What do cremated remains look like?” and dig deeper into the details of the now common practice. Laplant will also speak about the practice of witnessing a cremation and discuss rituals for scattering a loved ones ashes. Participants will have the opportunity to decorate a cardboard cremation container.

Ryan Laplant is a licensed funeral director and an experienced Bay Area crematory operator. He currently oversees all cremation operations at Pacific Interment.

6. Memory Celebrations

Another emerging trend in the death care is the hyper-personalized memorial rituals, objects, and services to remember loved ones. Melissa Goldman will walk participants through a variety of end of life celebrations and discuss how she works with families to create personalized celebrations that reflect the beliefs and values of the person being honored. Melissa will then direct the audience in a beautiful on-site memory ritual.

Melissa Goldman Moore is a certified Life-Cycle Celebrant who provides services through Returning to Ritual. She is also a Transformational Coach and a facilitator with Veriditas, an international organization that trains labyrinth facilitators and educates the public as to the benefits of a labyrinth and walking meditation as tools for spiritual healing.

7. Healing with Music

Music speaks to our soul and the right music can be deeply comforting in times of remembrance and grief. Live music at each step of the end of life process is quickly becoming a life celebration trend. These events showcase 2 instruments and sounds that inherently speak to us on a visceral level in times of pain. Their sound carries us, even if just momentarily, to a place of comfort, confidence, and strength when we are feeling at our most hopeless.

Healing Harp Music with Labyrinth, by Portia Diwa & Diana Stork

First, Portia Diwa and Diana Stork will play peaceful, gentle music on the lever harp, demonstrating its ability to lift the spirit, ease anxiety and lessen emotional and physical pain. Attendees will walk a 24-sq-ft labyrinth accompanied by Celtic and Medieval harp music, creating a sacred space for remembrance and celebration of life.

Portia Diwa is currently the Healing Harp Clinical Supervisor at the Institute for Health & Healing at California Pacific Medical Center. Portia also provides harp therapy at the bedside for patients who are seriously ill or at the end of life.

Diana Stork has performed for labyrinth walks for over 25 years at Grace Cathedral. She is the founder and director of the Festival of Harps concert series and the Bay Area Youth Ensemble. Years ago, Diana worked with Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, which inspired her to play for hospice, cancer centers, and people with HIV/AIDS.

Hang Drum at the Bedside, by Deb Grant

In the second performance, Deb Grant will introduce you to the hang drum and explain how she has used her music to bring families together, helping them form meaningful connections at the bedsides of the dying. She will also discuss how her music can help alleviate pain and mental suffering, and how she uses sound to explore themes that provide meaning at the end of life. She will play the hang drum to illustrate how music speaks what is inexpressible in words.

A two time cancer survivor, Deb Grant has been a licensed Clinical Social Worker since 1999. She has a masters degree in social work with an emphasis on expressive arts, which led her to become a hospice social worker 12 years ago. Deb has sat with hundreds of hospice patients exploring the possibilities of solace, guidance and peace in her music.

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Sherman believes this is a pivotal moment for how we approach death and dying as a culture and she’s leading the movement with this program at Reimagine. Sherman explains:

Just like birth and sex of the past we are now culturally beginning to openly talk about death. The cremation rate is 97% in Marin county which reflects the epicenter of changing attitudes about death. National statistics show people want to die at home and now with home funerals advancing, people can legally have a service with the body at home too. They can fully own their death experiences. This event will help people to witness actual rituals taking place to understand how beautiful, meaningful and loving an experience end of life can be.

Click Here to RSVP for this Free Life Celebration Trends Event Saturday, April 21, 2018, 12:30 PM – 4:30 PM in San Francisco

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[cpuvathingal]

Closing out a warm day (by Bay Area standards), the evening had turned a bit chilly. The moon, partial tonight (I like to think partial to me and all that I see), shines bright above the bay. The sky is still blue, sitting atop stray clouds  of pink and lavender, different shades of white. I can almost see a phoenix rising, and wonder if Jean Grey is still alive. It’s quite a bit windy. Jimi Hendrix plays in my head, and the “wind cries Mary”.

Taylor and I had gone for a hike this evening after I brought home the bacon. It had been quite some time since we last went on one, fewer and farther between with my work schedule and his age. Tonight felt different; and I could tell that he wanted to go for a hike too. We walked through the woods, the sun’s rays breaking through the dense foliage, casting intricate shadows upon the terrain. We visited Fernwood Cemetery to pay our respects to the dearly departed and the dearly beloved. And celebrate this thing called life. We were contemplating whether we should go crazy, elevator or no.

“Taaaaaaaaylor??

Taylor???

Taylor!

TAYLOR!!!!!

STOP THAT!!!”

He had startled the woman sitting on the hill. 

“Is that Myles?”

Relieved that my monster of an 80-year-old man-dog hadn’t scared her to the point of complaint, but instead was sort of contemplative. She had tears in her eyes, which I could tell she did not want me to acknowledge. 

“No. That’s Taylor. He’s Myles’ friend.”

“He’s a big friend. How old is he?”

“He’s almost eleven years. I’m sorry if he came out of nowhere and bothered you.” I noticed the five long-stem red roses laying on the gravesite behind her. The sun’s golden rays shined directly upon the gravestone behind her, clearly one of importance as I could tell she’d been sitting there for quite some time.

“He just startled me. I usually come on Sundays, but I live in Santa Rosa and couldn’t come here yesterday. So I’m here to see my baby today. His parents live near here.”

I didn’t press her. Her eyes would settle her gaze upon Taylor while she talked about Dylan. She was really pretty, perhaps my age, maybe older, her skin golden, her hair black with brownish highlights more brilliant with the sun. She wore an old oversized, grey “Psi Chi Omega” sweatshirt, faded blue jeans and flip flops. She was folding her blanket as she was talking. While I felt like I had intruded upon a moment with her dearly departed beloved, she didn’t seem to mind, flip-flopping between talking about him and asking me about Taylor. They both enjoyed each other’s presence. I may have been the intruder, while Taylor was a welcomed guest.

Our exchange perhaps took all of five minutes, if that. However, I couldn’t get her out of my head. After taking Taylor back home, I grabbed a little wine and cheese and walked up to my pool. I’ve become partial to the Point Reyes blue cheese. If you haven’t had it, even if you don’t like blue cheese, try it. Along with uni, blue cheese was something I swore off my palette over two decades ago. Both have come back into my life. The Point Reyes variety is nutty and creamy, extremely rich (but not intensely overpowering like the Roquefort, though because I’m still a neophyte blue cheese fan, I’m told that the Roquefort is actually a medium bodied blue cheese, but I digress), and I can’t get enough of it. To wash it down, I opted for my current favourite wine — a Syrah from Ram’s Gate Winery. I love all of their Syrah’s; and tonight’s did not disappoint — the 2013 Hyde. Sign me up.

Taylor also wanted some blue cheese. Or Taylor wanted some wine. Or Taylor wanted both. He wouldn’t tell me, leaving it up to my own devices to read his mind. He knew better. I wasn’t a mind reader.

While I was signing myself up for some blue cheese and wine, I thought of this woman who had lost her love. And I wondered if I would ever see her again.

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 GO ADVENTURE.

GO TRAVEL.

GO LIVE.

  ALWAYS BE EPIC.

  Jimi, Prince & Dylan Closing out a warm day (by Bay Area standards), the evening had turned a bit chilly. The moon, partial tonight (I like to think partial to me and all that I see), shines bright above the bay.

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Loretta Brooking Gasswint

Loretta Brooking Gasswint, 86, died Friday, July 10, 2020 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Daughter of the late Louis Leake and Edna Virginia Seay Brooking, she was born February 18, 1934 in Richmond, VA. A graduate of Longwood University in Farmville, VA, Loretta became a Home Economics teacher and later in life ran a decorating shop in Fox Chapel, PA. She passionately led as Girl Scouts Head of Area Council in Spartanburg, SC, Massena, NY, and San Mateo, CA. Additionally, she was a founding member of the Questers Antiques Club in Spartanburg and was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church. At home, Loretta was an avid gardener and artist, and enjoyed participating in a local book club. She is survived by her husband of 63 years, Norman Leroy Gasswint II; their children, Norman Scott Gasswint (Lisa) of Pittsburgh, PA, Virginia “Ginny” Lynn Gasswint of Spartanburg, SC; granddaughter Greta Marie Gasswint of Pittsburgh, PA; siblings, Lillie Mae McCallister of Mechanicsville, VA, Christine Victoria Barden of Montpelier, VA, and Louise Leake Brooking, Jr. (Ginger) of Doswell, in VA; and her precious Lab, Zola Bell. Memorial service will be held 10:00 AM Saturday, July 18, 2020 at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 309 Fernwood Drive, Spartanburg, SC 29307, conducted by The Rev. Dale Rawlings. Burial will be held in the Brooking Family Cemetery in Gum Springs, VA at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association, https://bit.ly/2RJX2mh Floyd’s North Church Street Chapel from The JF Floyd Mortuary via Spartanburg Funeral

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Fernwood Cemetery

Mill Valley, CA

http://www.foreverfernwood.com/

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Go Bucks

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Fernwood Cemetery

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