Museum Magic
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Photos of the deceased and personal effects such as eyeglasses, rings, patches from club membership, and shoes, were commonly displayed. A more complete story was told, beyond name and dates of birth and death found on tombstones, the pictures and personal belongings added a greater sense of connection.
This magnificent building contains above-ground burials for caskets and urns, but also glass-encased cubbies to display urns and memorabilia. These visible displays are, in a sense, an exhibition of lives gone by. Walking through the urn cubbies reminded me much of a museum — it told stories and preserved the past. Pausing to look over the urns, most of which are unique and aesthetically attractive, I also noted many other elements adding personal stories to the space.
I visit the mausoleum once or twice a year. Although I have no family members inurned there, it provides a moment of reflection about life, family, and purpose. Longview Memorial Park is located at 5050 Mt. Solo Road in Longview. The mausoleum is open every day, 9am until dusk. •••
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Selected by Debra Tweedy
At no other time (than Autumn) does the earth let itself be inhaled in one smell, the ripe earth; in a smell that is in no way inferior to the smell of the sea, bitter where it borders on taste, and more honeysweet where you feel it touching the first sounds. Containing depth within itself, darkness, something of the grave almost. ~ Rilke, Austrian poet and novelist, 1875-1926
Autumn leaves don’t fall, they fly. They take their time and wander on this, their only chance to soar. ~ Delia Owens, American author and zoologist, 1949-
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I am intentional about building strong relationships with athletes, so they feel valued and seen. I encourage them to put in work off the court in all 3 dimensions so it will translate to success in all areas of their lives. ”
The leaves fall, the wind blows, and the farm country slowly changes from the summer cottons into its winter wools. ~ Henry Beston, American writer and naturalist, 1888-1968 Designers want me to dress like Spring, in billowing things. I don’t feel like Spring. I feel like a warm red Autumn. ~ Marilyn Monroe, American actress, 19261962 Don’t you love New York in the fall? It makes me want to buy school supplies. I would send you a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils if I knew your name and address. ~ Nora Ephron, American writer and filmmaker, 1941-2012
That old September feeling, left over from school days, of summer passing, vacation nearly done, obligations gathering, books and It’s the first day of Autumn! A time of football in the air...Another fall, hot chocolatey mornings, and toasty another turned page: there was marshmallow evenings, and, best something of jubilee in that annual of all, leaping into leaves! ~ A. A. autumnal beginning, as if last Milne,English author, 1882-1956 year’s mistakes had been wiped clean by summer. ~Wallace Stegner, American writer, 1909-1993 Longview native Debra Tweedy has lived on four continents. She and The wind is rising, and the air is her husband decided to wild with leaves. return to her hometown and We have had our summer bought a house facing Lake evenings; now for October eves! Sacajawea.“We came back ~ Humbert Wolfe, Italian-born because of the Lake and the British poet, 1885-1940 Longview Public Library,” she says. 16 / Columbia River Reader / September 15, 2021
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