Tuesday, August 27, 2002

So Matt and I got blizzards and went to the cemetary to entertain ourselves. Sounds morbid, right? But this one is the old Jewish Cemetary in Waco, and it's gotten mellow with age. They put lots of interesting stuff on tombstones back then, Where they came from, who they married, how old they were when they died (in the case of children, down to the week and day). Can anyone tell me who the statue of a woman in robes (maybe greek) might be? There's no name -- we were guessing perhaps Sarah (Sarai) since she's the matriarch....but is there anyone else? Or maybe it's just a greek goddess -- strange for a Jewish cemetary, but fitting for the age of the tombstone (They liked Greek revival at the turn of the century). Anyway -- I mean to go back. To visit the other parts of the cemetary, find some other stories, of course, this will all happen when it gets cooler....

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