Memorial at Edna St. Vincent Millay's Steepletop house in Austerlitz

On December 23rd, Seymour, Robert and Michael, Nicole and Debra, Joel and Benjamin, Chloe and Jeremy had a family memorial service at Edna St. Vincent's Millay's Steepletop home in Austerlitz. Earlier that day we had read excerpts from this blog. At Steepletop we read Millay's poem Dirge Without Music aloud and then told of some of our memories of Joyce. We gave a donation to the Millay Society as a memory to Joyce and they will mount a plaque with her name on a wall of donors. Millay was of particular significance to Joyce. The first presents Joyce and Seymour exchanged were books of her poetry: Collected Sonnets and Collected Lyrics. Also there was an exhibit related to Millay's poem about a Czech village Lidice which had been destroyed by the Nazis in WW II. The powerful relation Joyce had with Millay and the Czech people came through clearly. We were all touched and thrilled by the incredible coincidence of Millay's house being so near our house in Copake and so perfect for a memorial to Joyce.