Between funerals, family visits, and endless calls to sleep, it’s time to barely breathe. Small things are often overlooked. But after the chaos has fallen, it is time to reflect on the life and legacy of a lover. There are many ways to preserve the memory of someone’s past. The most universal way of memorializing […]
Tag Archives: Headstones
Cemeteries are not something we think about until after a loved one has died and some decisions have to be made. One of the most important decisions is where the body is to be buried. What is a plot? If you have ever walked through a cemetery, you may have noticed that there is some […]
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When we were kids, my sister and I loved to explore the nearby cemetery to read the carvings we found on the cobblestones there. We will call each other when we find something particularly interesting. They were clearly some – only the name of the person and the dates of birth and death. Others have […]
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Post-Mortem photography, the act of taking photographs of the recently deceased, was a common custom during the beginning of the 19th century. It eventually replaced the older and much more costly use of posthumous paintings. With the advent and popularization of the photograph came the ability for the middle class to memorialize their loved ones. […]
And these mental institutions are often overcrowded, especially in the United States, and Ridges is no exception. Horror movies often show these buildings as haunted, these mechanical structures with spiders in the corners and ghosts lurking around every corner. The minds of the institutions left behind are even worse than those of the rumours. Unfortunately […]