STROLLING the STONES: Clifton Springs, NY

If you happen to be reading this blog then you know how taken I am with a visit to an old cemetery.

Fascinating, intriguing, so very, very peaceful.

Shadow and light play so very differently inside the gates of a cemetery bringing you a feeling of peace.

Whenever I have the time I always like to take a few moments to stroll the stones and remember

 those long passed.  Such stories the stones tell!  You can hear them carried on the summer breeze.

The silence is filled with stories.

Just listen.

Here's a quick jaunt with my like minded friend Bev. (Isobelle's mom if you happen to follow the goat blogs)

We stopped on our way home from a goat party (Jody's Meet the Goats Party if you happen to hang with us at the Sisterhood of the Goat on Facebook) to explore this tiny, well tended burial site.

Come walk with us.

A Sterling Day

A happy jaunt in the early autumn of 2013 with two of my Kindred Sisters gifted us with the following photos of a cemetery we stumbled upon in the tiny and lovely town of Sterling, NY.   I was so taken with this cemetery that I returned the following day with my daughter for another peaceful wander.

 I can't begin to express the feeling of peace and subtle joy it brings me to wander the old cemeteries and honor the memories of those long passed.  Come walk with us.

FOLKART & WORDS in the CEMETERY

Folkart has long focused on the quiet and seemingly ordinary aspects of everyday life.

 Folk paintings and grave documentation go hand-in-hand with storytelling.

 Using an environment common to, but often overlooked by the community as a place of art,

 FOLKART & WORDS in the CEMETERY

is a workshop with a focus on creating a work of art incorporating these

 diverse, yet interconnected elements.

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Just though I'd share our most wondrous cemetery program at Morgan last month.

I do so love my cemetery adventures.

It was so lovely to see everyone create in this serene spot.

Our folk musicians from HOMESLICE, Dan Cleveland & Ron VanNostrand

always bring joy and a touch of the old ways to our events.

I love Morgan Cemetery.

Enjoy!

On the pale hills

Moon is counting sheep

"Sleep, sleep..."

says the little wind in the curtain.

~Constance Urdang

A violet by a mossy stone

 half hidden from the eye.

~William Wordsworth 1770-1850