The Red Baron: Remembering a 100 Year Milestone
By Joy Neighbors Tomorrow, September 17, will mark the 100th anniversary of the Red Baron’s first air combat victories during World War One. An odd milestone to remember, but…
God’s Acre: A Look at a Moravian Graveyard
By Joy Neighbors When my son-in-spirit Charles Kivlehen, went to a conference this summer, he took time out to visit a unique cemetery – one I hadn’t heard about.…
Honoring Our Four-Footed Service Workers
By Joy Neighbors Service dogs change lives! September is National Service Dog Month – a great time to learn more about and celebrate the role that service dogs play…
Rest in Peat: Bog Bodies
By Joy Neighbors A Peat Bog For thousands of years, bodies have lain under the mire, waiting for discovery in the murky depths of northwestern Europe’s numerous bogs –…
Gold Star Families
By Joy Neighbors For the past few weeks Gold Star Families have been in the news, but many Americans don’t know what the term means. Gold Star Families indicate…
Living in a Cemetery
Cemeteries go by many names - referencing this as a final abode; names like “eternal home” “city of the dead,” “charnel house,” “necropolis,” and “marble town.” But there have been…