• About

If You Have Five Seconds to Spare

~ Then I'll Tell You the Story of My Life

If You Have Five Seconds to Spare

Tag Archives: memorials

Confederate flag debate hits cemeteries

July 10, 2015

“Spending taxpayer money on the flag, and displaying it on a public monument, may be one thing; preventing private citizens …

Continue reading →

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 …

Continue reading →

Greenwood Cemetery, Bemidji, Minnesota

July 25, 2014

This wasn’t the most well-kept cemetery I’ve seen. A guy was mowing while I was there, and it looked like …

Continue reading →

A collection of memorials, Bath, England

March 2, 2014

I’m drawn to all types of memorials, not just gravestones in cemeteries. Non-cemetery memorials say to me that someone thought …

Continue reading →

Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, Part II

February 23, 2014

I wanted to post more general pictures from Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris courtesy of my friend, Ben. I will post …

Continue reading →

Throwback Thursday: Munich Air Disaster, 1958

February 6, 2014

On this day in 1958, a plane carrying members of the Manchester United soccer team crashed upon takeoff in Munich. …

Continue reading →

A site to remember U.S.-Dakota War

November 14, 2013

Just outside of New Ulm, Minnesota, sits the Milford State Monument. I had only heard about this monument; I had …

Continue reading →

Family plots

May 22, 2013

I’m excited to post the first installment in what I hope will be a regular series on my blog. I …

Continue reading →

Twitter Updates

Tweets by rachael18

Newsletter sign up

Please click here to sign up for my newsletter, filled with updates about my current project as well as writing tips and recommended reading.

Recent Posts

  • A visit to Camilla’s house
  • 50 years ago today: Six SLA members killed in shootout with Los Angeles police
  • 6 details of the Hibernia Bank robbery, April 15, 1974
  • International Women’s Day 2024
  • Why does Patty Hearst still fascinate us?

Categories

  • 1970s
  • Books
  • Camilla Hall
  • Cemeteries
  • Creativity
  • Education
  • Favorite Things
  • Funerals
  • Grief
  • Guess who's writing a memoir?
  • Higher Education
  • Inspiration
  • Mad Men
  • Minnesota
  • Music
  • Obituaries
  • Photography
  • Reading events
  • SLA
  • Throwback Thursday
  • travel
  • Uncategorized
  • Writing

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 693 other subscribers

Twitter Updates

Tweets by rachael18

Blog at WordPress.com.

Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • If You Have Five Seconds to Spare
    • Join 615 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • If You Have Five Seconds to Spare
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...