Armchair historian in St. Louis, Missouri USA who believes in remembering and honoring those who've passed from this life.

"Does not the soul have eternal life? Are not the dead present among us, are they not at least active through our memories of them?" -- Anders Hammarlund.

"I know why we try to keep the dead alive: we try to keep them alive in order to keep them with us. I also know that if we are to live ourselves there comes a point at which we must relinquish the dead, let them go, keep them dead." --Joan Didion

Armchair historian in St. Louis, Missouri USA who believes in remembering and honoring those who've passed from this life.

"Does not the soul have eternal life? Are not the dead present among us, are they not at least active through our memories of them?" -- Anders Hammarlund.

"I know why we try to keep the dead alive: we try to keep them alive in order to keep them with us. I also know that if we are to live ourselves there comes a point at which we must relinquish the dead, let them go, keep them dead." --Joan Didion