Qingming Festival: How Chinese American Families Sweep the Tombs Each Spring
Last spring, I got a call from a young woman in Flushing, Queens.
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Placing Stones, Not Flowers: What I Learned Visiting a Jewish Cemetery for the First Time
I'll never forget the first time I walked into a Jewish cemetery.
Iron & Wrought-Metal Grave Fencing: Rust, Repaint, and What Not to Touch
I remember the first time I saw it—a little iron fence around a child's grave from 1902, all twisted and orange with rust.
Galvanized & Bronze Plaque Patina: When to Clean It and When to Leave It Be
I’ll never forget the first time a client asked me to “make that bronze plaque shine again.
Cleaning a Porcelain Photo Cameo on a Headstone Without Cracking It
I’ll never forget the first time I touched a porcelain photo cameo.
Terrazzo & Mosaic Memorials: Cleaning the Decorative Stones Nobody Talks About
I’ll never forget the first time I saw a terrazzo memorial.
Sandstone Is the Diva of Gravestones: How I Stopped a Crumbling Marker From Getting Worse
I’ll never forget the first time I met a sandstone headstone that was literally falling apart in my hands.
Fieldstone & Uncut Boulder Grave Markers: Respecting the Roughest Memorials
I remember my first fieldstone job like it was yesterday.
Flat Granite Lawn-Level Markers: Why Mowers, Mud & Mildew Are Your Real Enemy
I’ll never forget the day I found my great-great-grandmother’s headstone.
Zinc "White Bronze" Grave Markers: The Hollow Monuments Most People Clean Wrong
I’ll never forget the first time I saw a zinc marker crumble.
Cleaning a Cast-Concrete Grave Marker From the 1930s (My Backyard-to-Cemetery Story)
I still remember the day I found that marker.
Slate Headstones: Why These 1700s Markers Survive and How I Clean Mine
I remember the first time I laid eyes on a slate headstone in our old cemetery.