What waits at the end of this particular road, in a cemetery, is a small, concrete block building with a locked door.

Let’s hope that’s not really what the end has for us.

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My friend Sue Wallis passed away this week; her memorial service is today. Sue was a fine poet and a good woman, and she left the earth too soon. Her husband Rod McQueary passed away in December 2012, also much too soon.

Here’s a Sue, reciting a poem in which her love for Rod is palpable. I miss them both.

Elm Grove Cemetery
Alpine, Texas
photographed 1.19.2013