It has been amazing weather this March in South Dakota. Today, on the Ides of March, it reached 80 degrees. It was beautiful out!
I went for a bike ride yesterday to get some fresh air and start working off the winter padding. I rode through town to the cemetery. The cemetery is probably not the first destination people pick while bike riding. Most whirl around town, go to the park, perhaps they go down to the trail by the river. The long distance riders may go down to Spirit Mound. I head to the cemetery.
I find the cemetery a quiet, natural place that is perfect for reflection. I like to walk around and see if I can find older gravestones. We have ones here in Vermillion from the 1800’s. There are some people who were old when they died. I hope they didn’t suffer. There are young people, as young as a few months, and I wonder what happened. I see husbands that have gone before their wives and vise versa and I wonder how they bear it. The cemetery is a place of reflection and a place to be thankful for what you have. You come out with wishes and hope that you don’t see underground before you’re ready.
With this warm weather, the garden is popping. I hope we don’t have a frost which kills everything. I would be very sad.
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