The San Diego Union-Tribune by Kristina Davis
Write what you know, they say. That’s what Echo Guernsey, the Library Shop SD’s newest winner of the Matchbook Story Contest, did.
The San Diegan — a licensed funeral director and death midwife committed to conservation of the natural world and environmental justice — drew on her passions with her winning story, short enough to fit inside a matchbook.
“EARTH – Mother. Born 4.543 billion years ago in Cosmos, Darkness. Beloved daughter of gravity and swirling dust and gas. Loyal mother to all life. Funeral services TBD, weather permitting. In lieu of flowers, Earth’s final wish was for peace upon her.”
Guernsey accepted her award Tuesday night at an appropriately quirky and short ceremony.
