some real pressure points from that link
Padilla began working at Green-Wood three years after the 9/11 attacks. He started as a part-time landscaper, but three years later, in 2007, a full-time job opened up. To land it, Padilla had to complete a 40-day trial that culminated in a unique test given to all prospective Green-Wood employees: dig a full-size grave by himself in under four hours.“I dug the hole, and I cried the minute I was done, like a little baby,” said Padilla, who was then 27. “It was a major accomplishment for myself.”“I love coming here every day, even with everything that’s happening,” Padilla said. “Have you seen this place?” he said when asked why. “How beautiful it is?”
“I dug the hole, and I cried the minute I was done, like a little baby,” said Padilla, who was then 27. “It was a major accomplishment for myself.”
“I love coming here every day, even with everything that’s happening,” Padilla said. “Have you seen this place?” he said when asked why. “How beautiful it is?”
Padilla said the crisis hit him especially hard one day last week when he noticed two sets of remains came in the same day, a man and woman with the same last name. Padilla said it appeared they were a husband and wife who both died from COVID-19, apparently within hours of each other.
Padilla drove toward the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and headed east, nodding his head to tracks from the late rapper Pop Smoke. He soon pulled up outside his home in Middle Village, Queens, where he lives with his girlfriend.It was nearing 10 p.m. Padilla knew there were about two dozen sets of remains waiting for him when he showed up at work the next morning. Thursday was the first day of his work week. He had six more days ahead of him. But he wasn’t thinking about that now. He was exhausted and just wanted to take a shower. Padilla walked into his bedroom and kicked off his shoes, but he never made it to the shower. He lay down in his bed, still fully dressed, and drifted off into a deep sleep.
It was nearing 10 p.m. Padilla knew there were about two dozen sets of remains waiting for him when he showed up at work the next morning. Thursday was the first day of his work week. He had six more days ahead of him. But he wasn’t thinking about that now. He was exhausted and just wanted to take a shower. Padilla walked into his bedroom and kicked off his shoes, but he never made it to the shower. He lay down in his bed, still fully dressed, and drifted off into a deep sleep.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 8 May 2020 16:07 (three years ago) link
Speaking of Pop Smoke, I kept running into groups of kids in hoodies in the same section of the cemetery and couldn't figure out why... that's hardly a regular occurrence. A bit of research revealed he was buried in one of the new sections of the cemetery and they must be paying respects. I'll try to find and get a photo next time I'm in there.
I have a few hundred more pictures from the past two weeks but it takes time to upload and curate and read up on the histories... anybody care?
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 23 May 2020 20:25 (three years ago) link
I like looking and reading the histories (if they're short). But it's on your time, so do what you will.
― nickn, Sunday, 24 May 2020 06:55 (three years ago) link
Experimental/Broadway composer/singer/songwriter Gelsey Bell just released a music-infused walking tour of Green-Wood; I'm a fan of her work and figure this is worth $7 for either a virtual exploration or an in-person one if you're nearby enough to do it there. I'll test drive afore too long.https://gelseybell.bandcamp.com/album/cairns
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 1 August 2020 16:24 (three years ago) link
took a walk out there to get my head together and found an all-time champion.
Ladies, gentlemen, intersex and non-binary: allow me to introduce you to... Mother Puttfarcken
http://i.imgur.com/X8XZByf.jpg
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Friday, 8 January 2021 01:11 (three years ago) link
It wasn't particularly close given the sheer quality of "Mother Puttfarcken" but second place name of the walk went to the under-any-other-circumstances strong contender: Sister Eunice Dibble Rehorn http://i.imgur.com/IEtZqYa.jpg
Bronze goes to Flossey M. Sullivan, "A bud on earth to bloom in Heaven."http://i.imgur.com/TNVY6Fz.jpg
Epitaph weirdo of the day is this line for two-year old baby Clydie: "Who plucked that flower? THE MASTER!"http://i.imgur.com/vPmMu2I.jpg
Second place:http://i.imgur.com/OZ8vKns.jpg
Kinda love these two.http://i.imgur.com/eWWblBA.jpg
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Friday, 8 January 2021 01:32 (three years ago) link
I needed these, thank u forks
― covidsbundlertanze op. 6 (Jon not Jon), Friday, 8 January 2021 01:44 (three years ago) link
i'm glad! i wish you'd come out sometime.
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Friday, 8 January 2021 02:37 (three years ago) link