CW: death. Another day, another funeral
Published at 8:37 am on November 4th, 2022
Filed under: The Family, Dear Diary.
Keyword noise: Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire, Laceby, Grimsby, Sweden, Norway, Peter Haagensen, Haagensen Memorial, memorial, monument, death, burial, cemetery, Halloween, Nos Calan Gaeaf.
Keyword noise: archaeology, British archaeology, history, Raedwald, Sutton Hoo, Sarah from Ipswich, Ancient Britain, Anglo-Saxons, death, burial, ship burial, cemetery, graveyard, photography, River Deben, East Anglia, Woodbridge, Suffolk.
Keyword noise: Bristol, winter, seasons, snow, death, cemetery, Greenbank, Eastville, Easton, Greenbank Cemetery, history, local history, railway, disused, Rosemary Green.
Keyword noise: Bristol, Easton, Stapleton, heritage, history, local history, Ridgeway Park, cemetery, death, grave, photography.
Keyword noise: Bristol, Easton, Stapleton, heritage, history, local history, Ridgeway Park, cemetery, death, grave, photography.
Or, what to do with your faithful companions if you're rich
Published at 9:57 pm on December 27th, 2020
Filed under: Dear Diary, In With The Old.
What happens after you die
Published at 9:53 pm on November 25th, 2020
Filed under: Dear Diary, The Family.
Or, another post on death, discussed somewhat bluntly
Published at 8:14 pm on November 10th, 2020
Filed under: Dear Diary, The Family.
Keyword noise: history, local history, Bristol, Easton, Greenbank, Greenbank Cemetery, cemetery, heritage, death, weekend, maps, archaeology.
Keyword noise: Farleigh Hungerford, death, burial, coffins, photography, castles, E Nesbit, English Heritage, ghost stories, Hilary Mantel, history, human remains, effigies, crypts, ruin.
Or, taking The Mother shopping
Published at 10:48 pm on October 23rd, 2020
Filed under: Dear Diary, The Family.
Keyword noise: The Mother, death, relationships, burial, cemetery, graveyards, grave, headstone, divorce, family, funerals, stonemasons.
Or, negotiating the process
Published at 9:02 pm on October 12th, 2020
Filed under: Dear Diary, The Family.
Keyword noise: Bristol, local history, Greenbank, Greenbank Cemetery, heritage, Easton, cemetery, history, maps, death, The Children, weekend.
On death, and its absurdity
Published at 9:22 pm on September 24th, 2020
Filed under: Dear Diary, The Family.
In which I say whatever inane thing is on the tip of my tongue
Published at 10:17 pm on January 12th, 2016
Filed under: Dear Diary, The Family.
In which we discuss a suitable Sunday topic
Published at 8:05 pm on October 16th, 2011
Filed under: The Family, Unbelievable.
In which the cat, finally, is not going to return
Published at 5:14 pm on June 28th, 2010
Filed under: Feeling Meh, The Family.
In which we look at the concept of eternal rest
Published at 12:47 pm on June 2nd, 2006
Filed under: In With The Old, Political.
Keyword noise: burial, charnel house, cremation, death, Evelyn Waugh, funerals, Gladys Hammond, graveyards, history, invented tradition, Jessica Mitford, Kutná Hora, Sedlec, ossuary, ritual, The American Way Of Death, The Loved One, tradition.
In which we wonder about the motives behind sacrifice
Published at 5:19 pm on April 14th, 2006
Filed under: Political, Unbelievable.
Keyword noise: Christianity, crucifixion, death, Easter, Good Friday, illegality, international law, Iraq, Jesus, Malcolm Kendall-Smith, martyrdom, Millenarian, pacifism, Passion, publicity, RAF, religion, sacrifice, war.
Keyword noise: 1970s, books, death, Glasgow, Glasgow Subway, history, Jan Mark, literature, obituary, photography, railway, reading, subway, underground, Zeno Was Here.
In which we try not to anticipate things
Published at 9:03 pm on January 5th, 2006
Filed under: Media Addict.
In which we come to terms
Published at 9:22 pm on November 3rd, 2005
Filed under: Dear Diary.