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Cemetery: Pont-en-Royans

August 29, 2015

My sister went to France (lucky!) and sent me a couple of cemetery photos. I’m so glad people see cemeteries …

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Will there be a jar of Vicks in your grave?

March 28, 2015

What have you seen people buried with? Anything unusual?

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For my friends out East: A blog redux of digging graves in extreme cold

February 17, 2015

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.

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A unique gesture to remember a sister

October 7, 2014

  Continuing my lifelong fascination with true crime stories, I recently read People Who Eat Darkness, the story of a …

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Portrait of a grave in William Kent Krueger’s “Ordinary Grace”

August 6, 2014

I just finished William Kent Krueger’s Ordinary Grace. Toward the end, there’s a fantastic description of a grave and gravedigging …

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3 alternatives to artificial flowers at gravesites

May 22, 2014

When looking to decorate a grave for Memorial Day, please don’t choose this: I did not particularly care for these …

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Churches as graveyards

March 13, 2014

Not only are abbeys and cathedrals places of worship, but they are also in effect large cemeteries. These huge churches …

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Throwback Thursday: What Dad was doing 25 years ago

January 16, 2014

Dad had a series of these simple, small date books through the mid-1980s. He used the books to track the …

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Digging graves in extreme cold

January 6, 2014

Minnesota is experiencing some of its coldest temps in almost 20 years. My phone is showing -20 degrees F right …

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The Andy Warhol grave cam

September 16, 2013

A grave cam—what a great idea! The Andy Warhol Museum and EarthCam launched this 24-7 video camera feed aimed at …

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