Grand Blanc, Michigan

National Capitals on American Soil ~ Berlin:  Unlike Madrid, Paris, and London, Berlin never got a chance to be a dominant world city. (Not that it didn't try!) In fact, Berlin's problem was that there was no Germany to compete with maritime Europe when global empire building was at its height. Berlin was the capital city of what county when London lost its thirteen colonies in North America? Prussia. How about when World War I took place? German Empire. How about after the Iron Curtain descended across Europe? East Germany. How about after the Iron Curtain disintegrated? Germany. It is a convoluted political history. If you want to learn something more about the city, consult Geographically Yours. Evergreen Cemetery. [2018]

Wayne, Michigan

In the Arms of Angels:  Her epitaph reads: "God's Resting Angel." That epitaph is almost an epithet in the purest meaning of the word: a phrase that stands in for the person's name, to wit, something put (tithenai) in addition to or upon (epi) a name. In other words, you can just call her "God's Resting Angel" without using her name. How much resting do you think she did when she was alive? Westlawn Cemetery. [2018]

Grand Blanc, Michigan

Portraits Etched into Granite:  For your portrait, choose the one that shows the both of you on your wedding day, along with the car that you were so proud of at the time. He lived to be 85, but this is the way his great grand kids will remember him, just as he was getting started in life. Evergreen Cemetery. [2018]

Hartland, Michigan

Portraits Etched into Granite:  A head-shot was not enough. Only a full body portrait could convey her love of life. In her own words: "There were so many more things I wanted to do, And so much more love I wanted to give." Hartland Cemetery. [2018]

Wayne, Michigan

Identity Headwear ~ Tigers Fans:  He may be a Pistons fan, too, but he's wearing a Tigers cap. There's nothing in basketball that compares with the headwear that is primal to being a baseball fan. Perhaps because basketball is played inside. Westlawn Cemetery. [2018]

Fenton, Michigan

Log Cabins Forever:  Eternal sleep has come to the cabin, but the world goes on: The moon shines, the snow brings it purity, the deer take care of the outside world. The promise of a new day is in the air: somewhere on the other side of those clouds. Peaceful, isn't it? Oakwood Cemetery. [2018]

Howell, Michigan

The Last Shall Be First, and The First Last:  The Zooks, or their ancestors, must have made the westward trek to Michigan from the east, since Zuck is such a common Pennsylvania Dutch name. Since it is the last day of the first month and since we are leaving behind our collection of Z names, let's account for some other Zs in GYC: Zaporozan, Zane, Zamarripa (in honor of all Hispanic Z-names), Zabawa, Zambrano, and the notorious Ziegler. Lakeside Cemetery. [2018]

Fenton, Michigan

Voices from the Land of the Living ~ Third Person Singular Subjective Case:  "He Walked On." Oakwood Cemetery. [2018]

Dearborn Heights, Michigan

Patriotism at the State Scale:  Here's someone who fell in love with Michigan. Maybe he was born there, but for sure he lived there and died there. And, to the grave he took his beloved, or be-licensed, Detroit Tigers. St. Hedwig Cemetery. [2008]