Grace notes for the Solstice

[alfreda89]

I bopped over the the friend's page to see if my post went through (See, I really don't trust the computer--the keyboard is wonking out, too) but spotted this old Finnish ceremony revived by folks in north Minnesota:
ice candles

Thanks, pegkerr, who also shares a lot of my favorite movies!

This is also the time of year for grave blankets. I discovered them in some research years ago--small communities in northern Michigan made them for family graves, and I assume took them down once they deteriorated--but now apparently they've become big business.

I started the laundry. Really, I did...

Comments

[als-wonderland.livejournal.com]

You mean not everyone does that?

(Yes, I'm originally from Northern Michigan - Metz, west of Posen, to be exact.)

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

Uh-uh. But it's a lovely tradition, at least when you make your own. I don't know about things that cost a fortune and then raise upkeep expenses in the cemeteries....