Mortsafe

I've never seen a mortsafe. I've heard about them. I've heard about mortsafes in the South and Europe, but not in Pennsylvania. Then I heard about not one, but two in a small cemetery in Catawissa. This type of mortsafe was popular in Scotland, but there is some evidence that these two are the only "caged"... Continue Reading →

Heat and cemeteries

They do not mix! As a general rule, there is way too much sun in cemeteries on nice days. When it gets brutally hot, like today, don't even attempt them. All the things you think of for beating the heat are either not available or downright banned. I went looking in Union several days ago.... Continue Reading →

More grave markers

Yesterday I went in search of a local "haunted" cemetery. Egg Hill is rather notorious around here. The cemetery has been vandalized so many times that there is a definite possibility of being arrested by going there. I went in broad daylight, had camera in hand and was walking carefully between the graves so I... Continue Reading →

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