I've only written two blog articles this year. And at my age, it would be reasonable to wonder what that means.
To set your mind at ease, I'll post this article about a cemetery here in Taos.
Sierra Vista is a volunteer cemetery, best I can tell. It is maintained by a volunteer organization with apparently few volunteers. A sign at the entrance says something like "let us know if you bury someone here, we like to keep track." There appears to be no religious affiliation and the town doesn't seem to have much to do with it.
A number of the founders of Taos's artist community are buried in this one acre just off the main road with a nice view of the mountains that so many of the artists loved. It's quiet despite the traffic. Small and interesting.
200 years ago places like this would have been bustling, as public parks had yet to be developed and people needed someplace to hang out. Now they are almost always empty with laughter heard only on the Day of the Dead ... and a bit of cackling laughter late at night.
Some tombstones and sites seem to invite you to create stories to explain them.
Why is that second date not completed?
Who had the idea to put MJ on this marker?
He was 22 years older than her?
Was MJ in fact his wife?
Someone remembers Vigil.
Who?
Just some 1?
Well remembered
I love this rock.
A bit of the art found here
And a bit of the view
Estimates are that 5% of all people that ever lived are alive today. You and I are part of that minority.
And it's a pretty good minority to be part of.