by Amanda C Vesty | Aug 3, 2020 | Death, Environment, Final Resting Places, Mementoes and Memorials, Trees The Green Legacy
The Hardy Tree St Pancras Church Moving The Dead A story similar to HS2 that took place in the 1800s reminds us of how the dead still remain important to the living. It also raises questions of ethics and how we treat corporeal remains. St. Pancras Old Church, is...
by Amanda C Vesty | Jul 31, 2020 | Children, Community, Death, Environment, Final Resting Places, Trees The Green Legacy, Uncategorised
Arnos Vale Cemetery In Bristol Speak to a lot of people about graveyards and many will no doubt talk about them being ‘creepy’ and full of ghosts. For myself however I have always found them to be peaceful places where you can spend a pleasant afternoon...
by Amanda C Vesty | Jun 30, 2020 | Ceremony, Children, Final Resting Places, Funerals, History & Culture, Uncategorised
As a lover of history and archaeology I was fascinated by the following discovery in Poland. Not only does it give us an isight into how our ancestors behaved but also how traditions around death are remembered and carried on down the centuries. It brings us a very...
by Amanda C Vesty | Jun 26, 2020 | Mementoes and Memorials, Uncategorised
Lost Book Returned Miss Libby Day said she was “so happy and grateful” to have her mothers’ irreplaceable book back. Distraught The 21-year-old accounting and finance student said she had been left “distraught” by the theft. “The...
by Amanda C Vesty | Jun 20, 2020 | Environment, Funerals, Uncategorised
Ashes to Ashes, but First a Nice Pine Box By JEFFREY M. PIEHLER FEB. 1, 2014 PRAIRIE VILLAGE, Kan. — NOT long ago, my wife and I had a good friend over for a glass of wine. We had drunk just enough to feel pleasantly liberated in thought. Or at least that’s how I...
