A Hellenistic Greek epigram (A.P. 10.43)

An ancient Greek equivalent to “Thank God it’s Friday!”

Marywood, lucky XIII

A reading from Ecclesiastes guides my meditation on Marywood today.

Whatever your heart desires

Mr. Alexander Alexander (or his commemorators) placed a phrase of special meaning to him on his monument in Hollywood Cemetery.

Ζωή σε εσάς και να θυμόσαστε

There is an offbeat monument in the Columbia Gardens Cemetery in Arlington, VA. It commemorates Thalia Vassilatos Warnement (August 3, 1967 – January 13, 2009). From a distance it looks quite conventional, one of those little be-columned pediments you see all the time. Find a Grave relates that, unhappily, she died far too young, of …