tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5184283179833492428.post8622760206414732140..comments2023-06-20T10:26:25.844-04:00Comments on Beaten Paths: A cemetery mythUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5184283179833492428.post-2909355373996659982010-07-14T21:50:54.291-04:002010-07-14T21:50:54.291-04:00Every year, between February and May we lead "...Every year, between February and May we lead "flower hikes" out in the woods to look for daffodils and jonquils. And we always map periwinkle under the assumption that graves lie beneath.<br /><br />The flowers sometimes reference graves but more often are the door garden for old cabins. Cabins or gravesites, each sits next to an old road. <br /><br />Thanks for writing.Tom Magnusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14870885674631472810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5184283179833492428.post-25899235304701441512010-07-14T19:03:35.204-04:002010-07-14T19:03:35.204-04:00When I used to travel, I would look for an older c...When I used to travel, I would look for an older cemetery. Just driving through showed the different understandings of death. There were always surprises. In the middle of a 19th-20th century setting, with expensive memorials and family plots... an expanse of Confederate gravestones.<br /><br />Of course, Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond! A great focus on the history of that city and of Virginia... even... America.<br /><br />Often in old family graveyards, there are heritage flowers... Which must be treated with utmost respect. As must all parts of burial areas.<br /><br />Never very morbid. But, always a connection and reminders.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123342479096843985noreply@blogger.com