Writer's Block: R.I.P

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Ever since my teen years, I knew I wanted to be cremated, I just didn't know where I wanted my ashes spread. For a while, I wanted them spread at the old creek pool at Camp Sumantanga. However, about 15 years ago I settled on my "final decision" - Washington D.C. at the White House, U.S. Capitol, and Supreme Court building. Yup, I want my ashes balanced between the branches. Ain't I such a patriot!?

Since 9/11, I've been coming to terms with the fact that this wish may not be possible. I certainly don't want JD* and my kids to get tackled by government agents thinking they are sprinkling some sort of chemical weapon. If my wishes can't go as I really want, I'm just hoping for them to somehow get spread in D.C. - preferably somewhere around The Mall. Oh, JD has expressed interest in maybe keeping a portion of my ashes around the house. As long as they end up in D.C. or somehow "kept" with her after death, I promise not to haunt any of my offspring over the issue. ;)



* I KNOW JD will outlive me and I just don't want to think about what life would be like if I didn't go first.

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The longest afternoon nap . . .

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Since we're moving to Argentina when we retire . . . or I retire; Lynn has decided that he'll already be dead by then . . . both Lynn and I will inter our ashes in Beunos Aires' Ricoleta cemetery. It just opened a new section of the far northwestern wall for funerary urns. My prediction, however, is that it will be full to the gills before we go. Nevertheless, hope springs eternal!