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Cemetery Story from Grave stones/memorial. EDITED

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Cemetery Story from Grave stones/memorial. EDITED
Group:Write Now
Swap Coordinator:AngelFaeryKathleen (contact)
Swap categories: Letters & Writing 
Number of people in swap:8
Location:International
Type:Type 2: Flat mail
Last day to signup/drop:June 30, 2010
Date items must be sent by:July 30, 2010
Number of swap partners:3
Description:

Wander around your local or favourite old cemetery.

Read the grave stones/memorials and when one catches your muse write down all the words.

Or if you can remember the general wording that will be OK to just write out what you remember of it.

Go home and write your partners a story around what you have written down.

This could take the form of a letter to one of the people mentioned or a story surrounding the wording.

Send both the story and a copy of the grave stone/ memorial writing to your partners.

Have fun ☺☺☺

Discussion

ShyRaven 05/28/2010 #

Love this idea. I've written stories based on obituaries in newspapers before, which I've been told is a bit weird. Now I know I'm not alone!

AngelFaeryKathleen 05/28/2010 #

Oh no ShyRaven not alone. cemeterys are so peacfull places to wonder around. :-)

AngelFaeryKathleen 05/28/2010 #

ShyRaven you sound as if you would like this Swap-bot group called Dark Vicoriana.

http://www.swap-bot.com/group/1c0571536463d57bc03819ce366ddd76/about

AndreaJ 05/29/2010 #

Interesting idea. I'm putting it on my watch list for now.

melydia 06/ 1/2010 #

Love this. Not sure I'll have time to do it, so it's on my watchlist for now.

@ShyRaven - Check out Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters sometime. It's a collection of fictional epitaphs describing the stories of an entire town. It's simply amazing.

junemoon 06/ 2/2010 #

I'd join this swap except I can't write down "all the words" as I'm thinking of a grave marker I saw in Thailand at a military grave from the 1940s. I thought at the time that the words from the wife [or sister or mother] on the stone held a story. I'd kind of like to write the story but I would be upset if I were given a 3 rating for not following the swap instructions.

AngelFaeryKathleen 06/ 2/2010 #

Hi June you could do a rubbing or take a photo of the stone or stones, hugs :-)

Artistic 06/ 4/2010 #

Love this. On the watchlist for later this month.

craftycol 06/ 6/2010 #

Does the cemertary need to be where I live or can it be any cemerary as i'm going away in July and I know where the cemertaries are down there up here I don't and down there is a glowing cross I lived there all my life and have seen it glow and I know a bit bout the PERSON IN GRAVE THAT PROVIDING OF COURSE THE HEAD STONE HAS NOT BEEN DISTROYED. As I know a few were in that cemertary. bUT i KNOW I'd find something if not that one. I'll go waiting list till I know.

craftycol 06/ 6/2010 #

kathleen hun I think you missed June's point she saw the stone while in Tialand so can't take down words nor can she take a pic. bUT MAYBE WE could let her get away with what she can remember of it as she must remember some of it is it is in her head to write story bout it. SMILES Col PS TY also for saying we can take pic's of it

AngelFaeryKathleen 06/ 8/2010 #

Hi craftycoll, June and I have been talking about this and the swap is now edited.

Thanks :-)

AngelFaeryKathleen 06/ 8/2010 #

The Cemertary could be anywhere in the world, just go for it :-)

junemoon 06/ 8/2010 #

I'm signing up. No picture, biut a memory of what it said that really stayed with me.

craftycol 06/10/2010 #

Wonderful June glad y in. My brother tells me the cemetery still there but has been moved up hill but sadly the glowing cross is not there vandles got in and smashed it. Saddly I know his story and was sad one but 4 life of me can't remember wording on grave stone. But I'M BOUND TO FIND ANOTHER OLDER GRAVE. i LOVE LOOKING AT OLDER GRAVES THEY TELL STORY.

KATHLEEN HOPE U WILL DO ANOTHER SIMULAR AS I'LL TAKE DOWN A FEW OF THEM I think this will be a fun one.. Smiles Col

AngelFaeryKathleen 06/11/2010 #

Hi Carftycol, I will run another later in the year if there is enough interest, hugs :-D

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