Taphophile Tragics

I adore ceramic grave adornments such as this one that I found in Point Clare cemetery, outside Gosford on the New South Wales Central...

I see graves like this frequently, all too frequently. However, that sounds censurious, and who am I to cast stones. Speaking of stones ....

Andrew Marvell wrote 'To His Coy Mistress' during which he was trying to convince her to get into the sack with him! He included ...

So ... some more relatives. Cousins, for sure. But which cousins? To work it out, one has to go back to the first ancestor in common. The...

Many people spend extravagant amounts of money for a proper send-off for their loved-ones. Some can afford it; some cannot. Others spend ...

When I first saw this stone, I thought that something had dropped off, been broken through the years. Then it dawned on me. It is a refer...

The 'Deceased Search' within the Independent Section of Rookwood Necropolis, indicates that there are three plots within this enc...