Cemetery: Pont-en-Royans
My sister went to France (lucky!) and sent me a couple of cemetery photos. I’m so glad people see cemeteries …
Tag Archives: graves
Will there be a jar of Vicks in your grave?
What have you seen people buried with? Anything unusual?
For my friends out East: A blog redux of digging graves in extreme cold
I’m reposting this information of a year ago. With all the cold and snow in the East Coast, I thought people might wonder how graves are dug in such harsh conditions.
A unique gesture to remember a sister
Continuing my lifelong fascination with true crime stories, I recently read People Who Eat Darkness, the story of a …
Portrait of a grave in William Kent Krueger’s “Ordinary Grace”
I just finished William Kent Krueger’s Ordinary Grace. Toward the end, there’s a fantastic description of a grave and gravedigging …
3 alternatives to artificial flowers at gravesites
When looking to decorate a grave for Memorial Day, please don’t choose this: I did not particularly care for these …
Churches as graveyards
Not only are abbeys and cathedrals places of worship, but they are also in effect large cemeteries. These huge churches …
Throwback Thursday: What Dad was doing 25 years ago
Dad had a series of these simple, small date books through the mid-1980s. He used the books to track the …
Digging graves in extreme cold
Minnesota is experiencing some of its coldest temps in almost 20 years. My phone is showing -20 degrees F right …
The Andy Warhol grave cam
A grave cam—what a great idea! The Andy Warhol Museum and EarthCam launched this 24-7 video camera feed aimed at …
If You Have Five Seconds to Spare 