On Sat, 28 Jan 2006 19:29:46 +0200, cathyxyz
> connected the dots and wrote:

~
~Regardless of religion, or the quality of the food, I think all this
~talk about "Dead Spreads" is a bit ghoulish, considering the "Guest
of
~Honor" is no longer around to enjoy it.

It's a sharing of food and memories of the departed, so the
left-behinds don't go straight from the graveyard to the house alone
with the sounds of the grave being filled in as their last memory.

I think Barb's description of them is an interesting way to deal with
the rash of friends and family she's lost recently.

May their memories be for a blessing
maxine in ri