Spring – The Season of the Family Bible
With spring comes several holiday and celebration days - Easter, Passover and Mother’s Day, to name a few. And, with all of the potential family gatherings coming up in the…
Daffodils in the Cemetery
It is spring – the season of the daffodil! Known by many names including narcissus, jonquil, paperwhites, and Lenten lily – the daffodil is the harbinger of warmer weather. Daffodils…
Women’s History in the Cemetery
March is Women’s History Month; time to explore how women in the cemetery are remembered. Celebrating Women's Day It was 100 years ago this month, on March 8, that the…
The Celtic Cross in the Cemetery
Celtic symbols abound in the cemetery. The most common and easily recognized is the Celtic cross, which has been in use as a gravestone marker for more than 160 years. The Celtic…
One Lovely Blog Award
Imagine my surprise when I checked my comments this week and found a note from Lisa Wallen Logsdon of the blog http://oldstonesundeciphered.blogspot.com/ informing me that she had chosen A Grave Interest to…
Grave Superstitions
Today is the ‘Ides of March’ and that seems the perfect time to cover grave superstitions. A soothsayer, who knew what he was talking about, gave the warning “Beware the…