Funeral Feasts - was Re: SC - Marion Zimmer Bradley: MourningSong (FWD)
Liam Fisher
macdairi at hotmail.com
Thu Sep 30 12:11:44 PDT 1999
>I'd necessarily say to myself, "That's the macaroni and cheese, or >the
>green bean casserole, from Aunt Mildred's funeral! I can't eat >that!"
>Maybe it's just that the funerals I've been involved with have >been at the
>end of long and painful illnesses: the funerals tended to >have just a
>touch of the party atmosphere about them because the >actual death was the
>least of the traumas connected with the person's >passing.
You can add the fact that eating tends to make people feel better as a
response and that most people don't eat before a funeral. I know I don't.
Cadoc
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" Father said unto his son
Let it be written and let it be done
Father said unto his son
Close the door and let it be done "
"The Fall" - Solitude Aeturnus
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