Death, Mourning & the Afterlife

Category: Grief & Mourning

Photography Show Announcement

Ed Snyder | January 29, 2008 | 0 Comments

Ed Snyder is having a show of his photography at St. Asaph Gallery, Feb. 17 – Mar. 16 2008.

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Confinement in Solitude at Mugshots

admin | July 31, 2006 | 0 Comments

For the first time, I’ve mixed the content of one of my shows–angels and demons. I was offered the opportunity to hang work at Mugshots, a coffee house in the Fairmount section of Philadelphia. As Mugshots is right across the street from Eastern State Penitentiary, I decided to show both bodies of work (especially since [...]

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Ross Mitchell (Part 5) – Mourning Rituals: How Urban Youth Cope With Death and Grief

Ed Snyder | July 11, 2006 | 0 Comments

This article is part of a series on How Historic Laurel Hill Cemetery Is Reinventing Itself. It is based on an interview with Ross Mitchell, Executive Director of Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia, PA. Stoneangels: You said death was more common in the 1800s? Ross Mitchell: The life span was much shorter back then. And [...]

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Preparing for Loss

Ed Snyder | January 16, 2006 | 0 Comments

I have a small family. Growing up, I did not have a lot of experience with death and dying. My grandmother died when I was maybe 5. I think I must have been 16 years old when I saw my first viewing. As a rule, my family never made a big deal out of the [...]

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Ed’s Cemetery Traveler Blog

The Cemeteries of Germantown February 6, 2012
Days after our mid-January tramp through Philadelphia’s Germantown cemeteries, I’m worshiping the Neti (pot) god, hoping the water doesn’t contain any parasitic brain-eating amoebas (see link at end). The frigid winter weather made my cold worse, in addition to freezing my fingertips off. But it was worth it. Two fellow cemetery travelers and I checked out […]
The Graves of Old Tampa Bay January 25, 2012
It’s so cold here in Philadelphia in mid-January that the veiled threat of snow makes me want to go to Florida for a while. So here we go. I was in Tampa a couple years ago, and spent some time in its quaint downtown Oaklawn Cemetery. If you think Florida has been northernized by all the tourists and retirees, a quick look at some of the gravestones will rem […]
What to Do with those Broken Old Tombstones? January 14, 2012
I heard something rather shocking the other day from the owner of a farmhouse near an old graveyard in rural Leeds, Maryland. It had to do with old broken tombstones. But just to keep you on edge for a bit, here’s the lead-in to the story. Rural graveyards can be quite small and are difficult to locate. Even with a map, you’ll drive right past them. As I at […]