Burning Bright
Remember that rash of fires in Coatesville, PA? Fourteen in a month, something like fifty in a year? They arrested a sixth suspect for two of the most recent, a fireman, who admits he was in the area but claims he was there to buy drugs. To tell you the truth I find that excuse kind of convincing.
So in the interest of follow-up I went looking a little deeper and found this: in 1911 Coatesville was the site of a very famous lynching in which four to five thousand people kidnapped an accused murderer (who had previously attempted suicide) from the hospital and burned him alive.
Interesting.
In very related news, I got unstuck on my scrapbooking project, have twenty pages, and am increasingly delighted with how it's turning out. I even found a clipping or two over the weekend.
Easter was great--far superior to 2006--and I got to hang out with my parents and get my butt kicked at Battleship by my brother and even spend a few hours with Grandma, so even though I've still got kind of a sunrise-service hangover I had a great weekend. And enough ham to build a pig.
So in the interest of follow-up I went looking a little deeper and found this: in 1911 Coatesville was the site of a very famous lynching in which four to five thousand people kidnapped an accused murderer (who had previously attempted suicide) from the hospital and burned him alive.
Interesting.
In very related news, I got unstuck on my scrapbooking project, have twenty pages, and am increasingly delighted with how it's turning out. I even found a clipping or two over the weekend.
Easter was great--far superior to 2006--and I got to hang out with my parents and get my butt kicked at Battleship by my brother and even spend a few hours with Grandma, so even though I've still got kind of a sunrise-service hangover I had a great weekend. And enough ham to build a pig.