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How to Clean a Marble GravestoneEvery time you visit a loved one in a cemetery you want the gravestone to look good. Depending on age, gravestones can be difficult to clean without damaging it further, especially marble. Following these tips will help you accomplish your task.- The Devil's Gravestone and Revenge: A Movie ReviewA look at director Jay Roach's The Devil's Gravestone, which has recently received distribution.
- Do-it-Yourself Halloween GravestonesWhy buy store bought gravestones for your yard when you can make your own and spend family time together? Think it's hard? Guess again!
- Great Craft Idea for Halloween DecoratingIf you are trying to think of a great decorating craft for Halloween this is it! You will have the scariest table in the neighborhood, so make sure to throw a party to show off your hard work to all your friends.
How to Find Old Gravestones!Interested in old gravestones? Here are several ways you can find the oldest ones in your area!- Styrofoam and Other Memorials for Loved Ones' GravestonesLost a loved one? Make a memorial all your own in no time.
- A Means to an EndPart of a story that I hope to expand on someday. Fictional story about werewolves.
The History of Puritan Gravestone Art in ConnecticutArt and symbolism as found on 17th through 19th century Puritan gravestones.- Gravestones Tell a StoryWalk through a modern-day cemetery and there's precious little to chronicle the ones who lie buried beneath the earth. Such was not the case in centuries gone by, as we can see by their epitaphs carved in stone.
Gravestone Rubbing: A Morbid Curiosity?Gravestone rubbings and post mortem photographs are not morbid or sickening. They are beautiful testaments to a family's undying love.- How to Make Halloween Gravestone Yard DecorationsTurning your front yard into a Halloween graveyard is easy to do on a budget if you follow these simple steps to building your own Halloween gravestones.
A Mystery for Old Saybrook Society"Who left the gravestone on the front porch?" asked Diane Hoyt, a Trustee of the Old Saybrook Historical Society, as she entered the front door of the Frank Stevenson Archives Building.- Respecting Buried U.S. Military Veterans in La Grande, OregonRight across the street from where I live in La Grande, Oregon, there is a huge graveyard called Hill Crest Cemetery. Located on the far side of the cemetery are fifty white gravestone markers with a tall metal flagpole standing right in the middle of them.
- Gravestone Rubbings: Why Artists Do Them and How You Can TooSome people think this is a morbid form of art, while others hang it on their walls as though it's the most beautiful piece of art they've ever seen. Let's take a look at some resources for this art form.
- How to Make Historical Gravestone RubbingsMaking gravestone rubbings is an interesting hobby for some people. But for others, it's an easy way to reproduce and preserve their family heritage. Find out how to make your own rubbings by following these instructions!
Gravestone RubbingsDiscusses using gravestone rubbing for Halloween decorating and more. Gives an overview of how to make a rubbing.
Grave Stones: A Matter of Grave ConcernPlacing stones on graves may have been a way for the superstitious to make sure the dead stayed in their graves and did not push themselves up from the ground to walk among the living.
Lightning Does Strike TwiceMr. Aarons had just found out after forty-five years that he was adopted. While the search for his parents has yet to produce results, a brewing storm brings a find of a different kind.- A Walk in the Grave YardDo you enjoy walking through cemetaries? I enjoy reading the headstones - especially the Civil War era monuments.
- Death by ChequeA story based off of my interpretation of an image with multiple cheques in it.
- The Gravestone of My MotherA saddening haiku of a boy standing in front of his mother's gravestone in winter.
Halloween: Hide and SeekThis is a fictional story that happened on Halloween.
My Paranormal VacationA true account of a paranormal experience I had while on vacation in the city of Savannah.- YouSickness and losing the person you love
- The Headless GhostWalking through an old Louisville cemetery you feel the cold wind wail through your hair. A shrill cry comes from one of the graves, but you know it is just your imagination. A tree branch snaps and suddenly everything goes black.
The Ripeness of the MelonsIf life has not recognized thy love by now....
How Vacations that Honor Death in History Can Be Worth DoingIt may seem odd to think about death or the process of decomposing, yet we all encounter death, either as a celebration, learning process or rite of passage, here's how to bring the study and fascination with death into your travel and life.- GravestonesThis is a free verse poem about grieving the loss of a loved one.
Halloween Treat BagsKids will gladly help you make these treat bags for their Halloween school party.
FallA poem about natures eulogy for summer.- Cheap Fall Activities for FamiliesFamily fall activities that can be fun and low cost are the focus of this article. Families around the nation can enjoy many events that are little to no cost.
The Ripeness of the MelonsFor now, dear heart, let this gravestone marker be one less thing you have to fear.- Mirror, Chapter 3The falling of Ihneru, and the last of her feathers, and the last of herself.
- Long Stemmed RoseThis is a very sad story from life.
- The Gravestone of Matson HutchinsonI don't believe all of the tall tales and ghost stories that I hear about Matson Hutchinson, but I do believe this one.
- Decorate Your Yard for HalloweenThis is a story of a time when I helped my brother-in-law into an electric chair of his own creation.
Prepare a Family Outing to the Cemetery - A Camera, a Notebook and a GPSVisit your family's place of rest and remember them. Come fully prepared to enjoy the occasion, and to gather information to benefit yourself, your immediate family, and others who may share your ancestors.- Lessons from the CemeteryHave our churches become monuments instead of missions? Are we in pursuit of our glory, or chasing after His?
Remembering Ethel and Ed MaloneMy Great Grand Aunt Ethel Fitzgerald Malone and her husband Uncle Ed Malone lived in Fond du Lac Wisonsin. I met them when my husband took a job with Mercury Marine.
The Fell of LifeFalling into higher levels of life.
