Happy Hanukkah! Happy Winter Solstice! Happy Yule! Merry Christmas! This is a great time of year! It is a time of celebration and also a time of traditions. We hope that your holiday season is full of friends, family, peace and love, and maybe a superstition, tradition or two! Below is a list of a…
Broken Mirror The Undertaker and I have not yet put up our Christmas tree as we have been busy. We at least made the effort of bringing down the boxes full of our Christmasy things. While sifting through the boxes, looking at ornaments I accidentally dropped one and it broke into bits. The Undertaker burst…
Millions of us enjoyed a lovely dinner with family on Thanksgiving Day. Even I enjoyed a beautiful Thanksgiving dinner with the Undertaker, who is a lovely cook. Before feasting we gave thanks to all that we have and offered words of hope for what we hope to come. Now, I mentioned the Undertaker is a…
I purchased several bags of candy today. It’s not that we particularly expect Trick-or-Treaters at the funeral home, but you never know. One must always be prepared for Halloween. The roots of our present day Halloween were planted thousands of years ago with Roman festivals, Celtic harvest celebrations and The Catholic Church’s commemoration of the…
I am getting excited! Each day the veil that separates the world of the living and the world of the dead is slowly being pulled back. Soon, the dead will walk among the living! Things around the cemetery surely get much more interesting on Halloween night. When people think of the ancient origins of…
I’ve been occupied. Quite more occupied than normal and I blame a painful increase of workload around these parts. So, apologies for being away for far too long. Unfortunately, the Undertaker too has been extremely busy. Perhaps it is because a certain holiday we all adore around these parts is approaching? The leaves are changing…
My birthday was Friday and I note it mostly for pity as I am getting older. Another year passes and I enter another year with hopes, aspirations, and goals – all the while continuing to elude death. Friday evening, the Undertaker wanting to do something appropriate for my day of birth, chose to take…