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Alice Goldbloom's avatar

A perfect telling of a family story. You could use this for Memoir 101.

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Joe Neuhaus's avatar

Gloomy is good, especially when it involves burying someone alive! As we discussed in your workshop, even if this particular event never happened, you know damn well that it happened to someone at some point in history, and probably will again, deserving or not.

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Bryan Demchinsky's avatar

As we shall see, it both didn’t and did. And therein lies a story.

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Elaine Kalman's avatar

What a great exercise in storytelling! We need stories more than ever. Keep them coming ..

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Sharon Merrill's avatar

How wonderful to know so much of your family history!

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John Aylen's avatar

What wonderful storytelling. Equal to the story itself!

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Bryan Demchinsky's avatar

Thanks, John. Much appreciated.

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