Death Oct 25, 2024 at 4:45 pm

You Don’t Need to Be Goth to Enjoy Wandering Around Graves

Lake View Cemetery on Capitol Hill. Billie Winter

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1

Im not sure people stay away for the creepy factor so much as they want to respect the dead and the grieving. They are gorgeous though.

2

I love cemeteries. I plan on being cremated, but I love to visit them. Growing up, Father Vel-DuRay was on the Cemetery board, so I was never creeped out by them or anything like that. When I was a field worker, I used to take my lunch to Evergreen-Washalli and eat it there. So peaceful, especially in the rain. Of course, I never parked near a graveside service or anything like that.

3

Cemeteries and golf courses are a waste of real estate.

4

@3

bingo.
but one's
gotta Admire
eltrumpfster for
killing Two birds with
only One stone: he buried
one of his former wives on the
17th Hole of his golf club after she'd
"fallen down some stairs" to her Demise

with a Headstone to
match donold's
benevolence

unkempt with
a little fucking rock
with her name on it, pro-
bably Misspelled, at the least.

5

@4 I look forward to the day his carcass is thrown in the landfill with the rest of the garbage.

6

Nice piece. I thought of this meditative song (hymn?) by Feist:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbnHmFKxPgA

7

Nice article! I would add to cemetery etiquette: don't jog or ride your bike there. Just my opinion, but that feels tacky. Or maybe I'm just selfish and don't like clomp-clomp-wheeze-wheeze and spandex zipster intrusions to the otherwise chill tableau.

Lake View is my local haunt: https://www.zverina.com/2023/0906.htm

8

This is one of those things that you realize some people you know have beliefs completely different than you. Like in the 80s/90s when I discovered some people were horrified at the thought of buying a used record/CD from a used record store.

Cemeteries are great for a number of reasons, many of which are mentioned in the article. But mention to some people that you took a stroll through the cemetery and their face will have a look of horror on it.

9

After reading this article, I’m dying to visit a cemetery. I’ll bring a boring book and look for a plot.


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