Digging up bones

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It’s gonna be a great noveling week!

Why? Because I can finally start digging up bones. Gosh, I’m so excited! Or as one of my friends used to say when she couldn’t wait for a particularly cool hiking trip; “Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!”

But wait, there’s more.

Because once all the bones are exhumed and the forensic anthropologist gets done figuring them all out, I get to indulge my inner research nerd. My main character gets to sift through dusty old libraries, check out Ancestry.com, and ultimately decide whether she wants to live in a town having such a horrid history.

Even better, she’ll have a cool sidekick to help her figure things out. Hint: he’s a retired archeologist turned local historian.

And just for the record, let me state again that my novel is not horror–it’s a historical murder mystery.

So to kick things off and to start getting in the mood for Halloween, I thought I’d share some of the funny epitaphs out there in old New England cemeteries.

Funny Bones:
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More Funny Bones:
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You know, the Puritans don’t necessarily have the best reputation in this country but after reading these, you have to admit their sense of humor was a real scream.

No pun intended.