Taphology (GRAVESITES) with Robyn S. Lacy

Image description: Robyn S. Lacy, a gravestone historian and Taphologist, wears light blue-rimmed glasses, a striped shirt and a bright yellow safety vest and smiles toward camera in an outdoor selfie. In the background is a lichen-covered tombstone being repaired by another figure in a safety vest.

Bidding farewell to the sweetest and spookiest month, we traipse past graves with archeologist, conservator and Taphologist Robyn Lacy. What’s the difference between a graveyard and a cemetery? Is it wrong to picnic in one? And can tombstone scrubbing help the world and soothe your living soul? Plus, font trends on headstones, old-timey gravestone emojis, a coffin-within-a-coffin, the best epitaphs and knowing the difference between slate, marble, and granite monuments. To celebrate Halloween, stop by the cemetery gates to do zinckies with your best ghosties. (That will make sense later.)

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HistoryAlie Ward