It doesn’t mean that they themselves were evil, but that they suffered in their short lives.
> On 11 Jul 2020, at 07:03, Paul Sorenson <pentax1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Somewhere in Massachusetts (I think western), driving through in 1967 we > happened upon an old cemetery overgrown with weeds. One of the headstones > was for two brothers - one who died at age 12 and another at 21 a couple > years later. The epitaph on the stone read "Few and evil were their days". > I've wondered what a 12 year old kid could have done to deserve that > remembrance. > > -p > >> On 7/9/2020 5:10 PM, Dale H. Cook wrote: >> I have photographed many small cemeteries in Massachusetts, where most of my >> ancestors lived. I haven't been back there since I bought the K-70, so this >> 2004 example was taken with my 3.3 megapixel Sony Cybershot. >> >> Elijah Copeland Cemetery, Easton, MA >> https://plymouthcolony.net/easton/images/elijahcopeland.jpg >> >> I am waiting for my brother to finish with his slide and film scanner. When >> I get it I can post my earliest graveyard photo, taken with a Hanimex >> Praktika around 1970. > > -- > Paul Sorenson > Studio1941 > > Sooner or later "different" scares people. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
