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Cemetery Musings: Broken Stones

A musing is defined in the dictionary as “a product of contemplation; a thought”. As I wander through cemeteries, I am often thinking about the stones above the ground and the individuals that lie beneath. Why that epitaph, that symbol, that style of writing? These are just some of the “cemetery musings” that cross my mind.

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Cemetery Musings: Shoes on a Wall

A musing is defined in the dictionary as “a product of contemplation; a thought”. As I wander through cemeteries, I am often thinking about the stones above the ground and the individuals that lie beneath. Why that epitaph, that symbol, that style of writing? These are just some of the “cemetery musings” that cross my mind.

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Cemetery Musings: Trees

A musing is defined in the dictionary as “a product of contemplation; a thought”. As I wander through cemeteries, I am often thinking about the stones above the ground and the individuals that lie beneath. Why that epitaph, that symbol, that style of writing? These are just some of the “cemetery musings” that cross my mind.

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My Family Cemetery

This past summer I had to make a trip to North Carolina to bring my parents down to see my maternal grandmother. She had suddenly become ill and was not expected to make it. Not the best circumstances to make a trip to see family, but it had been over 25 years since I had been there.

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Cemetery Musings: What's in a Name?

A musing is defined in the dictionary as “a product of contemplation; a thought”. As I wander through cemeteries, I am often thinking about the stones above the ground and the individuals that lie beneath. Why that epitaph, that symbol, that style of writing? These are just some of the “cemetery musings” that cross my mind.

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Cemetery stones

My wife and I love to travel around and find cemeteries and look for unusual and different stones because they always tell us a story. Teresa, my wife writes a lot of blogs on carvers and forgotten cemeteries but I thought I would write a few on some interesting headstones that we have found.

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Backroads of Maine

John and I are always traveling around…or “rambling” as we like to say…looking for new places or interesting things. Our trips almost never disappoint, usually leading us to one incredible find or another.

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Cape Cod Cemetery Tour

Cape Cod’s cemeteries are worth the trip. Is there really much more to say about the subject? Probably not.

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Written in Stone: Meet the Carvers - Emmes

One of the most popular gravestone makers in Boston in the first half of the 18th century was Nathaniel Emmes (1690-1750). He learned the trade from a neighbor, William Mumford, and in turn taught his sons Henry (1716-1767) and Joshua (1719-1772). He also had William Codner (1709-1769) as an apprentice in his shop.

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Written in Stone: Meet the Carvers - Geyer

The Geyer Carvers were a father and son team who worked on Boston’s South End. Henry Christian Geyer was a respected artist who carved all of his artistry by hand. He not only carved gravestones but did models out of plaster of paris.

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