Heads Will Roll

Over a deep black part of the stream, not far from the church, was formerly thrown a wooden bridge; the road that led to it, and the bridge itself, were thickly shaded by overhanging trees, which cast a gloom about it, even in the daytime; but occasioned a fearful darkness at night. This was one of the favorite haunts of the headless horseman; and the place where he was most frequently encountered. from: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving

Purgatory

A truly fascinating cemetery with almost 29 immigrant groups represented, it still impresses one hundred years after Royslyn, Wa. claimed fame as the site of TV’s ‘Northern Exposure’.
There is a ‘Redman’ section for native americans as well as an area of ‘Masons’. http://tinyurl.com/3m2c48u

Portal [For Mary]

For always in my thought and my heart….
Pretty small princess, with the porcelain dye,
With your feet I deposit these worms, this poem,written with my heart….
Can these words love heat your body,
Your heart, for always, their burning flames.