Sunday, November 26, 2006

a jogging adventure

I went jogging yesterday. It was a painful experience that lasted 1 hour and 6 minutes. Now you might be saying, "Wow, Sarah, you must be so fit!" And I tell you that this is not so. Why did I jog for so long? I got lost...in a cemetery for 30 minutes...as it was getting dark. It was eerie.

A cemetery is an interesting place. When I first entered, the tombstones were grey with names like "Rogers" and "Smith" written in capital bold font and relatively little else. However, the further I got, the newer the tombstones looked and little sections of ethnic groups began to appear. I saw what would be a mini-china town, a section where all the tombstones had chinese writing and with faces engraved. No other ethnicity seems to like putting a face to the grave. It is neat how these stones reflect the changing population of a very diverse Toronto and Canada. It is neat to see how different cultures commemorate their dead.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

That was scary!
TC