a church...

 in Barbados.
You can still see evidence of the fires :(

They commemorate people's memories in such beautiful ways. tomorrow, i'll post photos from the cemetery.

this place really stuck with me.

people fear cemeteries...

i don't know why- i never did. My Grandfather passed away, God Rest his Soul, when I was 8 years old so I've spend a LOT of time in cemeteries. I think people fear the unknown, when the fear they should have is living an unfulfilled life.

The photo above was shot in Barbados, is completely untouched, and there's a lot of creepy colorful glares on it.

It's also one of the oldest tombs in the cemetery we'd visited.

scott joplin

during a weekend a few months back, a dear friend of our took LML and I to a ragtime show dedicated to the founder himself, Scott Joplin.

it was a wonderful show, complete with all of his songs and even a barbershop quartet- and i'm almost positive i've been in the audience of a barbershop quartet performance- i just can't remember when.

when the performance was over, we walked over to his grave-

did i forget to mention that the memorial was being held in a cemetery?

yes, it was totally weird, though not at all creepy. many people gathered in Mr. Joplin's memory. It was an awesome day.

I will post the article about this event once it is posted in the paper!

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The Witch House

I love the brochure of the Corwin House/Witch House that I picked up when in Salem.

Taken from there (www.salemweb.com/witchhouse)

"The Witch Trials"

in 1692, a wave of witchcraft accusations engulfed Salem and neighboring communities. As a local magistrate and civic leader, Corwin was called upon to investigate the claims of diabolical activity. He and JOhn Hathorne performed a number of the initial examinations of accused withces. Corwin also served on the Court of Oyer and Terminer, which ultimately sent nineteen to the gallows. All maintained teir innocence until their deaths.

"About the Museum"

The house remained in the Corwin family until the mid-1800s. Later, an apothecary opened up a shop on the first floor, expanding the house once again. In 1944, the threatened destruction of the Witch House inspired anew wave of restoration in Salem. Concerned citizens raise $42500 to move and restore the building. The museum officially opened to the public in 1948.

i love it.

love me,

the globetrotting gamine