Homage
I guess, essentially, life is a tragedy, but more for some than others. I've never searched for any grave other than relatives, and only then for the genealogical information on them. Tasker Dunham Remember how two weeks ago I visited the grave of Sandy Denny in Putney Vale Cemetery, London? Previously I thought that paying homage like that was a perfectly normal human activity but Tasker Dunham's comment left me wondering if I am unusually morbid or weirder than I might normally admit. In my life, I have visited the graves of various well-known people. For example, twenty five years ago, down in Dorset, I visited the grave of Thomas Hardy in Stinsford churchyard. Actually, it's not all of him - just his heart. The rest of him is buried within the precincts of Westminster Abbey, London. The thought of the removal of Hardy's heart is slightly disturbing. When on holiday in Seattle in 2014 - I made a point of visiting the grave of Jimi ...