Monthly Archives: September 2016

Curiosity and the Cat

Posted on September 30, 2016 by

Originally posted on Cemetery Travel: Your Take-along Guide to Graves & Graveyards Around the World:
Unlike most of the musicians who hosted us on my husband Mason’s first solo tour of Japan, I considered Mayuko a friend, instead of a…

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Death’s Garden Revisited call for submissions

Posted on September 23, 2016 by

Twenty years ago, I was given a box of miscellaneous cemetery photos. They had been taken by my best friend’s husband over the course of his travels around the Americas. Blair was 28 years old and dying of AIDS. He wanted … Continue reading →

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A Restless Wind is Blowing Through Highgate

Posted on September 20, 2016 by

  No one agrees where this story started or rather, there are as many beginnings as there are storytellers. In the early days, Hampstead Heath was the only thing sinister about the area. Highwaymen flourished there, like Dick Turpin, whose … Continue reading →

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Death’s Garden: History Lives like Ghosts

Posted on September 16, 2016 by

by Trilby Plants I love cemeteries. They are the keepers of memory and history. Every graveyard holds secrets and surprises. No, I’ve never seen a ghost in one, but I’ve seen family history in them. I’m an amateur genealogist and … Continue reading →

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Death’s Garden: The Graveyard of my Childhood

Posted on September 9, 2016 by

by Claudius Reich I was nine years old when we moved in next to the cemetery. I suppose I didn’t always hate the suburbs; that came later.  From a crowded apartment in the middle of Boston, all of a sudden … Continue reading →

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