Early October at Mt Auburn

Four weeks ago in one sunny afternoon, I stopped by Mt Auburn Cemetery. This is a garden cemetery. On a good day, it attracts many visitors.

This is a huge cemetery. Some of its residents are quite famous. Among them are:

• Winslow Homer (1836 - 1910), artist
• Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840 - 1924), art patron
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882), poet
• Josiah Quincy (1772 - 1864), Mayor of Boston

(I can find Winslow Homer's grave without a map! He rests next to his parents.)

But that day what moved me was ordinary people's graves. Chrysanthemum and pumpkin paid tribute to the dead.

Remembering someone:


Walking through all these beautiful flowers of remembrance in full bloom, I read one epitaph on a newly interred tombstone:

Our Dear Anna:
We always love you
Adieu
1983-2006

Tears began to well in my eyes.

A Stained Glass Window