It’s not quite Friday yet, but I wanted to d osomething a little special today. Mostly because I was scanning in old photo albums for another project–the, uh, scan in all my oold photo albums project–I stumbled across a few of these pictures and thought I would share one of my earliest headstoning moments.

Headstoning, 1991

In 1991, my family took a trip to Philadelphia and while we were there, we went to visit Christ Church Burial Ground (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_Church_Burial_Ground), which is the interrment location of Benjamin Franklin, among other people. As you can see from the picture, I was even then comfortable and on intimate terms with ye old boneyards.

Ben and Me

Benjamin Franklin was buried in 1790 . I love my little “Yeah, I’m a headstoner” expression on my face. I don’t remember a whole lot about the cemetery apart from these pictures, unfortunately, other than my typical childhood fascination with and enjoyment of time spent in cemeteries. Well, come on, this was a long time ago . . . and I’m a tiny bit rushed right now. So enjoy the flashback.