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  1. The grave looks old but it is one of the younger things in the vicinity of Abó. Nearby, ruins of pueblos occupied by the Tanoans in the 11th Century mingle with ruins of pueblos and Spanish missions from the 15th and 17th Centuries.

    #grave #tombstone #abo #nm #newmexico #ruralamerica

  2. A quotation from Joseph Addison

    I yesterday passed a whole afternoon in the churchyard, the cloisters, and the church, amusing myself with the tombstones and inscriptions that I met with in those several regions of the dead. Most of them recorded nothing else of the buried person, but that he was born upon one day, and died upon another: the whole history of his life being comprehended in those two circumstances, that are common to all mankind. I could not but look upon these registers of existence, whether of brass or marble, as a kind of satire upon the departed persons; who had left no other memorial of them, but that they were born and that they died. They put me in mind of several persons mentioned in the battles of heroic poems, who have sounding names given them, for no other reason but that they may be killed, and are celebrated for nothing but being knocked on the head.

    Joseph Addison (1672-1719) English essayist, poet, statesman
    Essay (1711-03-30), “Thoughts in Westminster Abbey,” The Spectator, No. 26

    More info about this quote: wist.info/addison-joseph/80135…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #josephaddison #graveyard #cemetery #birth #death #impact #legacy #meaningoflife #memorial #obscurity #remembrance #tombstone #history

  3. A quotation from Victor Hugo

    He is asleep. Though his mettle was sorely tried,
    He lived, and when he lost his angel, died.
    It happened calmly, on its own,
    The way night comes when day is done.
     
    [Il dort. Quoique le sort fût pour lui bien étrange,
    Il vivait. Il mourut quand il n’eut plus son ange,
    La chose simplement d’elle-même arriva,
    Comme la nuit se fait lorsque le jour s’en va.]

    Victor Hugo (1802-1885) French writer
    Les Misérables, Part 5 “Jean Valjean,” Book 9 “Supreme Shadow, Surpreme Dawn,” ch. 6 (5.9.6) (1862) [tr. Wilbour/Fahnestock/MacAfee (1987)]

    Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/hugo-victor/78309/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #victorhugo #lesmiserables #jeanvaljean #death #dying #epitaph #grave #memorial #tombstone

  4. This week’s #WestWed leading ladies are Dana Delaney and Joanna Pacuła (also pictured are Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer)
    #Tombstone #DanaDelaney #JoannaPacula #90smovies

  5. Just watched #Tombstone (1993) moderner alter #Western voller Klischees und raubeinigen Kitsch und einer fast unerträglichen Maske von #ValKilmer in einer fast Gunslinger Rolle zusammen mit #KurtRussel recht eindrucksvoll und cool aber sehr enttäuschendes Editing gerade am Ende.

    themoviedb.org/movie/11969-tom

    @filmeundserien

    #SamElliot #BillPaxton #Action #MastoFilm #Cinemastodon

  6. The late #ValKilmer gave so many memorable movie performances.
    Such a handsome actor.
    Great screen presence.
    May his soul rest in peace.
    Condolences to his family.
    #TopGun #BatmanForever #TheSaint #Heat #Spartan #Tombstone #KissKissBangBang #TheDoors

  7. #ValKilmer Dead: 'Top Gun,' 'Doors,' 'Tombstone,' 'Batman' ‘Jim Morrison’ Actor Was 65

    Charismatic and versatile, he also won praise for memorable roles as #Iceman in 'Top Gun' and #DocHolliday in 'Tombstone,' but his unpredictable behavior ruffled some feathers in #Hollywood.
    #obituaries #topgun #doors #tombstone #batman #Jimmorrison #brucewayne

    hollywoodreporter.com/movies/m

  8. Valentine’s Day 2025 🖤🖤🖤

    “I saw your dark heart and immediately fall in love!” Sir James to Lady D’Arcy.

    Pause inspired by Dracula and Mila in Francis F. Coppola movie. Cemetery based on a photo found on Mastodon… but Apple Photo loses the url 🙈

    #gothic #cemetery #grave #art #artwork #blackheart #darkheart #tombstone #artoftheday #nautilebleu #love #truelovers #valentineday #saintvalentin #saintvalentin2025 #StValentinesDay #itsgoodtobebad #fediart #mastart #creativetoots #MastoArt

  9. 🇬🇧
    Celtic cross gravestones at East Finchley Cemetery, London
    Komeil Karimi_20220415_KNZ_2950
    #London #Finchley #cemetery #gravestone #tombstone #Celtic #cross #Photography

  10. New research reveals oldest tombstone in the US came from Belgium

    Researchers have determined that the oldest known tombstone in the United States, found in Jamestown, Virginia, originated in Belgium. The tombstone, dating back to 1627, marked the grave of a knight...

    More information: archaeologymag.com/2024/09/old

    Follow @archaeology

    #archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #anthropology #tombstone #colonialknight #colonialamerica #colonialera #jamestown

  11. Tombstones: Romhacking.net Calls It Quits, Game Informer Shuts Down
    First:

    It's a grievous blow to the game editing community, but Nightcrawler, the maintainer of the 19-year-old hack repository and community site romhacking.net, is shutting its doors. The reasons why are the top news i
    setsideb.com/romhacking-net-ca
    #news #niche #retro #FuncoLand #GameInformer #gamestop #GideonZhi #magazine #news #niche #Nightcrawler #retro #romhacking #romhackthursday #tombstone

  12. Wochenrückblick, Ausgabe 23 (2024-02).

    Diesmal mit meinem Kandidaten für das nützlichste Teil, welches jemals aus einem 3D-Drucker gefallen ist, einer neuen Familie von schicken Monospace-Schriftarten, einem ChatGPT, welches lokal auf dem eigenen Rechner läuft, tiefen Temperaturen und wofür man die nutzen sollte (und wie sich die Wärmepumpe geschlagen hat), einem Liebesbrief ans das CSV-Dateiformat, „Tombstones“ und das Finden von nicht mehr genutzten Codestellen, einer Liste von ANSI Escape-Codes, einer neuen Serie bei Netflix und wie immer Techno.

    #Wochenrückblick #3DPrinting #Monaspace #Monospace #Font #llamafile #ChatGPT #Frost #Wärmepumpe #CSV #Tombstone #ANSI #Netflix #TheBrothersSun #Techno

    marcusjaschen.de/blog/2024/202

  13. #Iwatched #Tombstone (1993) and it tries way too hard to mythologize its characters for no reason. The enemies of the Earp bros are little more than a bullish nuisance and gun fodder for stylized montages here. Wives are garnish, Wyatt wears plot armor and his extra-marital romance falls flat. There are valiant acting efforts by #KurtRussell and especially #ValKilmer as TB diseased #DocHolliday, who justifies all the killing as follows: "Bad guys want revenge for being born." Enough said.

  14. The cemetery in Amlwch has a gravestone in the form of a lighthouse. It is for Thomas Cunningham, who had worked on a lighthouse in Shanghai, China, for 30 years, and retired to Anglesey. He was originally from Liverpool. It is very detailed, even with an iron ladder up the side to the doorway.
    #lighthouse #anglesey #gravestone #tombstone #amlwch

  15. Tombstone Tuesday. There is a field I passed by most of my life Maybe 30 or 40 times a year currently, but probably most days when I was a child. From the road I could see some type of Dolmen in the field. I often thought “I should check that out sometime”. On Saturday I finally did. #Tomb #Tombstone #TombstoneTuesday #AncientStone #Ancestors #Dolmen #PortalTomb #Monument #Cromlech #Ballybrack #Dublin #Ireland #Mastodaoine #BCE #photography #foto

  16. #February 3, 1941
    #OTD The Daily Republican reported on the Box #Huckleberry.

    #Tuscarora #Forest boasts the oldest/biggest huckleberry at 12,000 yrs old. It still lives today.

    The etymology of the word #Huckle means joint - due to the #Plant's jointed stems.

    The handles on a coffin are called Huckles - so when you carry a #Coffin, you are a Hucklebearer or pallbearer.

    And the phrase, 'I'm your Huckleberry,' lets folks know you're just the person for the job, as in #ValKilmer in #Tombstone.

  17. #February 3, 1941
    #OTD The Daily Republican reported on the Box #Huckleberry.

    #Tuscarora #Forest boasts the oldest/biggest huckleberry at 12,000 yrs old. It still lives today.

    The etymology of the word #Huckle means joint - due to the #Plant's jointed stems.

    The handles on a coffin are called Huckles - so when you carry a #Coffin, you are a Hucklebearer or pallbearer.

    And the phrase, 'I'm your Huckleberry,' lets folks know you're just the person for the job, as in #ValKilmer in #Tombstone.

  18. #February 3, 1941
    #OTD The Daily Republican reported on the Box #Huckleberry.

    #Tuscarora #Forest boasts the oldest/biggest huckleberry at 12,000 yrs old. It still lives today.

    The etymology of the word #Huckle means joint - due to the #Plant's jointed stems.

    The handles on a coffin are called Huckles - so when you carry a #Coffin, you are a Hucklebearer or pallbearer.

    And the phrase, 'I'm your Huckleberry,' lets folks know you're just the person for the job, as in #ValKilmer in #Tombstone.

  19. #February 3, 1941
    #OTD The Daily Republican reported on the Box #Huckleberry.

    #Tuscarora #Forest boasts the oldest/biggest huckleberry at 12,000 yrs old. It still lives today.

    The etymology of the word #Huckle means joint - due to the #Plant's jointed stems.

    The handles on a coffin are called Huckles - so when you carry a #Coffin, you are a Hucklebearer or pallbearer.

    And the phrase, 'I'm your Huckleberry,' lets folks know you're just the person for the job, as in #ValKilmer in #Tombstone.

  20. #February 3, 1941
    #OTD The Daily Republican reported on the Box #Huckleberry.

    #Tuscarora #Forest boasts the oldest/biggest huckleberry at 12,000 yrs old. It still lives today.

    The etymology of the word #Huckle means joint - due to the #Plant's jointed stems.

    The handles on a coffin are called Huckles - so when you carry a #Coffin, you are a Hucklebearer or pallbearer.

    And the phrase, 'I'm your Huckleberry,' lets folks know you're just the person for the job, as in #ValKilmer in #Tombstone.

  21. #TombTuesday: An elegant carving on an above ground tomb in a New Orleans cemetery. This one has particular meaning for me (as both a Louise and a mother).

    A lot of thought and meaning goes into the design of monuments like this. Urns symbolize death and serve as a vessel for the soul or earthly ashes. A draped urn signifies either the veil between heaven and earth/life and death, or the symbolic guarding of the urn’s contents. Carvings of ivy represent friendship, fidelity, and immortality, while willow branches show mourning. Flowers have different meanings based on their species. Roses are for love, beauty, and motherhood. Lilies, innocence and purity, marriage, and resurrection. Ferns stand for humility, solitude and sincerity.

    #HisAndHearsePress #Tombstone #Gravestone #Urn #Funeral #Symbolism #InLovingMemory #NewOrleans #Louise #Cemetery