All Souls’ Day
May ye departed yet rest.
Dear J⸻
Deadbots. That's what they call them. They can keep you ‘alive’ long after you've died. You'll never get tired and you'll never have the option to say no if people want to talk to you. I'm glad they didn't have that before you died. I know your wife misses you and your kids, too, I assume, your daughters. Natural or not you can't deny the terrible power of grief. But I'm glad you get to rest.
Cheers,
—BD
28 Oct. 2025

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "John Brown's Grave, North Elba." New York Public Library Digital Collections.
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