{"id":1776,"date":"2015-02-07T12:10:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-07T12:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/2015\/02\/07\/midnight-in-the-garden-of-good-and-evil"},"modified":"2019-11-29T05:12:24","modified_gmt":"2019-11-29T12:12:24","slug":"midnight-in-the-garden-of-good-and-evil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=1776","title":{"rendered":"Midnight in the garden of good and evil"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Bonaventure Cemetery…1 mile.”<\/i>
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\n<\/i>A small sign so indiscreetly placed along a simple highway that I missed it the first time.<\/p>\n

Not that I was looking for another cemetery to explore….until my brain kept telling me that this particular burial ground was from the book Midnight in the garden of Good and Evil<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n

So I entered, the wind lightly parting the Spanish Moss to reveal a dusty road leading to the Dead of Savannah.<\/p>\n

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The stone face of a haunted angel follows me as I step to and fro amongst the graves. She deals out peace to those of us with demons that are strong in a place such as this.<\/p>\n

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I hear the sounds of old jazz notes floating by, a piano’s keys are being softly tapped. The music is a calming demeanor as I read the names and dates on the tombstones.<\/p>\n

1619-1693<\/i>
\n1701-1703<\/i>
\n1835-1906<\/i>
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\n<\/i>I find the numbers so finite, yet so mysterious. We go through this life only knowing one half of the final equation….<\/p>\n

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leaving Georgia on my mind until I’m blue at 2 a.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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