From FB:
“This is a new memorial to the Harvey Family located right behind where my parents will be buried. My Mom thinks it’s creepy. I think it’s great. She just wants to know if we’ll come see her…”
Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia (2017)
O.O. Howard
From FB:
“Another confrontation with a young Southern lady came during a Christmastime visit with the family of Confederate Captain William Washington Gordon II. There at the Gordon home at the corner of Bull and South Broad streets in Atlanta, Union General O.O. Howard encountered the absent officer’s four-year-old daughter Daisy, who was understandably curious about the blue commander’s empty sleeve. ‘What happened to your arm?’ the girl inquired solicitously as she scrambled into the general’s lap.
‘It was shot off in battle,’ Howard replied.
‘Oh, did the Yankees shoot it off?’ Daisy asked.
‘No, my dear, the Rebels shot it off.’
‘Did they?’ Daisy said. ‘Well, I shouldn’t wonder if my Papa did it. He’s shot lots of Yankees!’
(No one knew it at the time, but both individuals were destined for great things. After the war, Howard would head the Freedman’s Bureau, fight a famous Western campaign against the Nez Perce Indians and accept the surrender of Chief Joseph, and found Howard University; while little Daisy, whose given name was Juliette Magill Kinzie Gordon, would grow and marry and become Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts of America.)”
Fair Oaks, Virginia (2014)
From FB:
“Rainy and cold outside. Inside, for the first time ever, I’m sitting in a faux leather chair with the other adults reading a book. Plenty of kids crying or hollering, but none of them are mine. No hoovering over them like a helicopter parent to make sure they’re ok. No, sir. I do not miss those days at ALL. And while newborns are amazingly beautiful, cute, gurgling creatures, and I react instinctively when I hear one cry, the realization that I will never again have to deal with the type of relentless, energy draining parenting required to keep one safe and happy leaves me positively delighted. “Go play, kids. Have fun…”
“Ghost In The Machine”
From FB:
“The cover art for Ghost in the Machine features a seven-segment display-inspired graphic that depicts the heads of the three band members, each with a distinctive hair style (from left to right, Andy Summers, Sting with spiky hair, and Stewart Copeland with a fringe…”
Song Of Ajax 