Monthly Archives: August 2014

Remember Me, Remember Me

Posted on August 29, 2014 by gravelyspeaking

Remember Remember me when I am gone away, Gone far away into the silent land; When you can go no more hold me by the hand, Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay. Remember me when no more … Continue reading →

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Portals

Posted on August 24, 2014 by gravelyspeaking

A portal is an opening or entryway. They come in many forms—a door, a window, even your eyes and your mouth are considered portals. Many superstitions about death concern portals, many of which come from the Victorian Age, some of … Continue reading →

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Art Nouveau

Posted on August 21, 2014 by gravelyspeaking

The Art Nouveau movement was a bridge between Neoclassicism and Modernism and reached its popularity from 1890 to 1905.  Luminary artists such as Alphonse Mucha, Gustav Klimt, and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec; glass designers Rene Lalique and Louis Comfort Tiffany, and … Continue reading →

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Rock-Faced Monuments

Posted on August 19, 2014 by gravelyspeaking

  In 1919, publisher Harry A. Bliss produced Rock-Faced Monuments: Illustrations and Descriptions of Some of the Best Examples of Rock-Faced Memorials. The book was published in Buffalo, New York. The book’s focus and purpose was to extoll the beauty … Continue reading →

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Italian Model or Angel?

Posted on August 12, 2014 by gravelyspeaking

There is a story about “the girl in the shadow box”. It is an ancient story told and re-told of unrequited love that is also told about this statue. According to local St. Louis lore, the Herman Luyties’ (1871-1921) Monument in … Continue reading →

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Bones

Posted on August 8, 2014 by gravelyspeaking

As I walked through the Hartsdale Canine Cemetery at Hartsdale, New York, I noticed so many similarities between the gravestones of humans and animals. Of course, the gravestones for the dogs and cats are chosen by those humans that loved … Continue reading →

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In the Dog House

Posted on August 5, 2014 by gravelyspeaking

Dogs have been kept as pets since a pharaoh ruled Egypt, where they were kept in mud brick kennels. Their digs over the years evolved and, for the most part, our dogs either live inside our homes with us, or outside … Continue reading →

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Our furry family members

Posted on August 3, 2014 by gravelyspeaking

  When I write about our furry family members, I am not referring to those males in the family with hair on their backs, but instead, our little four-legged family members—our dogs and cats. As it turns out, with the … Continue reading →

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