Finding themselves in Hawthorne, NY (Westchester County), the Bashful Adventurer and the Brawny Sherpa visit the grave of Babe Ruth. Will they appreciate what they find there?
With Halloween (October 31), All Souls’ Day (November 2), and the Day of the Dead (extending from Halloween through All Saints’ day on November 1 through All Souls’ Day on November 2 or so) fast approaching, a trip to a graveyard seems particularly…
I have a penchant for dramatic graveyard art, those winged but bent angels, the weeping women clinging to crosses, the monuments that stretch toward the heavens. One stone in the Greenridge Cemetery in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.that has me wondering about…
Worshipping the Republic at an Almost Church Like the Pantheon in Rome, the Paris Panthéon has a mixed history, although not one that takes it from paganism to Christianity. Rather, the former Ste. Geneviève Church became, not long after the…
Touring Graveyards for History and Understanding I suppose if you are bashful, a cemetery is a great place to visit given that no one is likely to talk to you much. I like cemeteries for the opportunities they provide to…
The Bashful Adventurer visits the Old Southeast Church Cemetery in Brewster, N.Y. (Putnam County) and uncovers a little bit of history at this unnoticed cemetery.
A Quick Foray to Tremé Lightens our Souls Stumbling upon Our Lady of Guadalupe after a loop around St. Louis Cemetery #1, a scary trip even on a sunny day, we are grateful for the sanctuary this space is about…
I’ve never really understood the American method of mourning, kicking off with a somber viewing followed by an even more somber funeral. Let’s all wear our sad faces along with the black. This approach seems so incongruous to me given…