Luminous Muse

LuminousMuse

LuminousMuse
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Retired composer, music publisher and producer. Writer.
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Manchester Music Library
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My memoir "Escaping the Giant" and my thriller "You Can't Write About Me" are both finished and with an agent. If he can't sell them I will self-publish, so one way or another they will be available soon. This blog and my memoir have enjoyed a vibrant relationship: I've repurposed bits of the memoir, which have then found their way into later drafts of the book. I didn't plan it that way, but it's a nice way to work.

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MARCH 15, 2012 8:49AM

San Francisco Pet Cemetery

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CEM SIGN 

 As promised in my last post, here are graves from the Pet Cemetery. It is no longer the peaceful spot it once was now that it cowers under the construction of the new feeder to the Golden Gate Bridge. But if you're in the area you should catch it before it's completely destroyed. 

 I'm a blogger of too many words, more times than not violating Beth Mann's "1000 words or less" rule.  So I'll leave it mostly to the pictures: 

CEM - MARTHA

Earliest I could find - 8 years ago there were still graves from the 40s. 

CEM - RASPBERRY 

CEM-LOUISE

CEM - CASEY 

CEM-DIXON

CEM - WIGGLES 

CEM - STOLI

CEM - JUDY

Italian style, with a photo of a loved one. 

 

CEM - LADDIE

CEM - HONEY 1968

CEM - PUMPKIN BIRD

CEM TAM

These next two are unfortunately typical of the degradtion of the place.   

CEM - MOUSE

CEM - RUINS

CEM - HEART 

Another heart left in San Francisco.  

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pet cemetery, san francisco, rat, dogs, cats, birds, mice, sob

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This is tres cool, LM. I've never seen a pet cemetery in real life, although I've read about them (and I'm not talking about Stephen King, either). The ashes of our two dogs -- Jo and Max -- are buried under a rose of Sharon out back.
Boanerges1
March 15, 2012 09:48 AM
Most excellent post...
jmac1949
March 15, 2012 10:30 AM
I had no idea once again.. made me so sad that it might be destroyed
HUGGGGGGGGGG
Linda Seccaspina
March 15, 2012 10:44 AM
someone still misses Stoli, Son of Kiska - thanks for the photo tour
Damon E Walters
March 15, 2012 10:49 AM
Princess Kiska, a champion Samoyed, was born 9/17/62 - ah, the Internet (http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/samoyed/dog.html?id=409227)
Damon E Walters
March 15, 2012 10:53 AM
I had to sneak through the hole in the fence to get these pics. Mrs. Muse was standing watch, and just told me there was a cop car cruising nearby...I can see the headline: "Old hippie busted breaking into Pet Cemetery."
LuminousMuse
March 15, 2012 10:57 AM
Must've been the pets of the 1%. R
trudie jackson
March 15, 2012 11:01 AM
Beautiful. Thank you. My cats who died last year were all cremated and are in little boxes, still haven't scattered them.
Erica K
March 15, 2012 11:16 AM
It's kind of heard for me to believe that someone who have a special place for a rat or mouse, but whatever makes you happy is okay by me.
Christine Geery
March 15, 2012 11:33 AM
Photos full of love that endures.
Mary Stanik
March 15, 2012 12:51 PM
Great post and pictures. Evidence that we share love with more than other people. Wish I'd had a way to have my beloved MimiCat buried but I loved her just the same. The last photo says it powerfully.
l'Heure Bleue
March 15, 2012 01:51 PM
Excellent posts, both of them!
scanner
March 15, 2012 09:12 PM
This is actually pretty sad Luminous. Not just the deterioration of the place but the reminder of how big a role pets play in our lives and big a hole they leave. This has been on my mind for a while as my mother is in her early 80s and has a six year old dog that she loves. I don't know how she'll cope if it goes before she does.
Abrawang
March 15, 2012 11:42 PM
If you are still in San Fran do check out the little "Shoe Garden" in Alamo Square. A real delight! Bring a small plant from the grocery store and you my find a vacant shoe. Of course a campy shoe is always a good addition. :-)
Francois Arouet
March 16, 2012 01:38 AM
Strangely enough, I've never been to this one, though I grew up nearby. I've been to the one in Colma. Pet cemeteries are different than people ones. The tributes are more individual, unique, far less formal or stylized, and often very painful. I had read that the Presidio one was now closed. Too bad about the construction. I love that area.
Sirenita Lake
March 16, 2012 02:11 AM
Oh that's beautiful. Made me a little sad. Such tenderness. And thanks for the mention!
Beth Mann
March 17, 2012 10:31 AM
I love this. when I first moved to san francisco I lived in an apartment overlooking the cemetery at the mission dolores. It's still one of my favorite spots in the city.
doloresflores_d
March 17, 2012 12:48 PM
My in-laws have their cocker spaniel buried in a pet cemetary called Bubbling Wells. For some it brings the needed peace of losing a furry or feathered family member. Great post!
lschmoopie
March 22, 2012 09:37 AM