by Amanda C Vesty | Oct 27, 2020 | Beliefs in Afterlife, Ceremony, Community, Death, History & Culture, superstitions, Uncategorised
The Mexican Festival of the Dead – El Dia de los Muertos – Jean Francis One of my most memorable holidays has to be a visit to Mexico to take part in the The Mexican Festival of the dead – El Dia de los Muertos. This festival is a sacred...
by Amanda C Vesty | Sep 22, 2020 | Death, Environment, Grief, History & Culture, Trees The Green Legacy, Uncategorised
Trees: The Sacred And The Science. How our personal connection with trees and nature brings greater understanding beyond data collection and analysis. How the tears of relationship feed the earth. Online one thing guaranteed to cause lively, if not fierce,...
by Amanda C Vesty | Sep 19, 2020 | Death, Environment, Pets, Poetry, Uncategorised
In the cold grey light of dawn You lay silent on the path, Cold in your unexpected end, Your coat still glossy soft As if you hadn’t died at all But had simply stopped to rest. No marks despoiled your silvered sides; No harsh distortion disfiguring Your face or limbs...
by Amanda C Vesty | Aug 19, 2020 | Beliefs in Afterlife, Death, Environment, Grief, Mementoes and Memorials, Pets, Uncategorised
Gemma Collins Speaks About the Death of Her Beloved Cat Twinkle The former Towie star, 39, opened up about her cat’s last moments and said she was put on a ventilator by a vet before she dying later that same day. Gemma’s claims came after a new report...
by Amanda C Vesty | Aug 15, 2020 | Death, Funerals, History & Culture, superstitions, Uncategorised
Omen of death at Penwortham. The distinctive town name is derived from pen (meaning a hill), wort (meaning green) and ham (meaning settlement). The story is based on Fairy Lane that runs from the foot of Castle Hill. It got its name from the legend of Penwortham...
by Amanda C Vesty | Aug 9, 2020 | Death, Mementoes and Memorials, Suicide, Uncategorised
Historic England has a gravestone listed as a monument of historic interest in its database. But what is so special about this gravestone? In the parish of Shipley, Horsham West Sussex the cross is sited in the garden to the west of the George and Dragon pub. It is...
