Putting it on the map (or not)

A badly vandalized cemetery brings up the question of whether to map these out-of-the-way places.

Return to the elements: Gorintō

A Gorintō is a beautiful reminder of how we will all return to the elements eventually.

County tax assessors want their maps to be accurate too.

An unexpected memorial is a reminder of a dark chapter in Pacific Northwest history.

A lovely, historic, well-preserved cemetery well worth visiting.

A lovely remembrance inspires me to lead a fuller life.

Many things pleased me here, but most of all the care and consideration. The Pleasant View Cemetery gets it right!

I won't be able to visit very many of my own relatives in cemeteries. Maybe that's okay.

An inexplicable impulse to return to a regional cemetery brings a timely message to the forefront. Coincidence? Maybe, maybe not.

In death, as in life, protected lambs fare the best.