Family plots
I’m excited to post the first installment in what I hope will be a regular series on my blog. I …
Tag Archives: cemeteries
7 stories I heard while in New Ulm
My book tour took me to New Ulm on May 16. I had two events: one at Orchard Hill assisted …
“Six Feet Under” resonates
I wrote a short essay for the University of Minnesota Press blog on “Six Feet Under” and our culture of …
Resurrection Mary: A creepy cemetery story
I recently spent 36 hours in Chicago, in and out for an event May 9 at The Book Cellar. I …
An ethical dilemma in the Boston bombings aftermath
A story about the funeral home that accepted Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s body appeared on the front page of the New York Times‘ …
Top views from St. Mary’s Cemetery, Winona, Minn.
On April 29, I had the perfect excuse to visit the lovely Mississippi River town of Winona, Minn. I came …
Neil Gaiman, “Our Town” and memorial benches
Amy Goetzman of MinnPost interviewed me recently about my book. I talk about what makes a cemetery inviting, the phenomenon …
“…drawn to the stories she gathered in graveyards”
Tanner Kent did a great job writing a story about my book that appeared in today’s edition of the Mankato …
A cemetery of significance
I got to my hotel in Boston around midnight on Tuesday. By 9 a.m. Wednesday morning, I was on my …
Bubba’s Digging
I like to think if Dad were still alive, he would have a website for his gravedigging much like the …
If You Have Five Seconds to Spare 