Scattering Christl’s Ashes

A vigorous little fish rattled the surface

Gerald Grow

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Christl walks on up the beach. Photo by Gerald Grow

In her last days, Christl said she wanted her ashes scattered off the beach at Alligator Point, about 50 miles from where we live and named for its shape, near where for six years we owned a little cottage in the woods. This beach was her favorite place to walk at dawn. Our sons and I tried to do this when we gathered at the time of her next…

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Gerald Grow

Gerald Grow is a retired journalism professor, cartoonist, and photographer. More at longleaf.net.