LETTERS: LIFE'S PORTRAITS, SKETCHES IN TIME

To the editor:A photograph of someone who has since passed away. A recording of someone's voice now silenced by the stillness of death's sting. Beneath the soil their bodies lie, yet their presence is ever so with us. The writings of an author. Film clips of an actor. Musical notes written by a famed composer. The paintings of an artist. The tools of a carpenter. The beauty once created by skillful hands still amongst us.These are life's portraits, giving us a sketch in time.RON FARROWCape Girardeau