From Cask to Casket: A Wine-ing Approach to Celebrating the End of a Life
I have to say, it’s not often that my two main interests – wine and end-of-life issues/cemeteries – coincide, so this is an opportunity I could not resist reporting on.…
Mourning Cards: The Art of Death
When attending a funeral, you may have been given a memorial program with a picture on the front, and inside, a verse and the name of the deceased along with…
Cemetery Statues of Hope
Just as there are statues of grief in the cemetery, there are also statues of faith, courage and hope. The dictionary defines hope as something you “expect or look forward…
Cemetery Statues of Grief
According to the dictionary, grief is “a deep sadness, sharp sorrow, keen distress, or mental anguish, caused especially by someone’s death.” Grieving Woman Put another way, grief is a natural…
Body Snatching – A Ghoulish Profession
"Resurrecting" a Body They went by many names; resurrectionists, sack’em up men, resurrection men, body snatchers – all referring to the men who secretly disinterred bodies from a graveyard in…
Guardians of the Dead
Throughout history it was believed that a cemetery had an appointed guardian; a soul who was left there to protect the cemetery grounds and the departed, not only from visiting…