tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post5729893829802986492..comments2024-03-29T13:47:52.160+00:00Comments on Magnon's Meanderings: Where do you wish to be buried?Cro Magnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-84425590987516159502022-08-19T05:09:26.207+01:002022-08-19T05:09:26.207+01:00I don't really care where. I will be cremated ...I don't really care where. I will be cremated and my ashes dumped in a hole and a lilac tree plopped on top. That's all. My son felt there should be a marker. I feel that it's kind of silly. They'll know where I am, should they wish to pay their respects, but once the people who remember me are gone, a marker ceases to be meaningful. Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531125606268748793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-86371690345621195692022-08-19T04:23:10.608+01:002022-08-19T04:23:10.608+01:00'Field of Mars' does sound very exotic, a ...'Field of Mars' does sound very exotic, a bit like Flanders Field. Yes, poor old Richard 111, at least he's no longer under that nameless car park.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-53356867633723040152022-08-19T04:20:29.316+01:002022-08-19T04:20:29.316+01:00As long as they go back their occasionally, with t...As long as they go back their occasionally, with their hiking boots on, I don't think you could ask for more.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-21572229418130729462022-08-19T02:12:34.403+01:002022-08-19T02:12:34.403+01:00Cremation and tossed into the sea for me! I couldn...Cremation and tossed into the sea for me! I couldn't bear the thought of anything else, and Richard III's ignoble end under a carpark is a cautionary tale against the romance of an eternally bucolic interment. I have recently learned that oodles of my Sydney forebears are in a cemetery called the Field of Mars. It doesn't look as atmospheric as it sounds, however.Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-4625163498983159982022-08-18T23:03:14.383+01:002022-08-18T23:03:14.383+01:00I do not want to be buried. I will be cremated and...I do not want to be buried. I will be cremated and my children can scatter my ashes where they will remember me. I have a few lovely hiking spots that they know I like to go to so maybe there... I won't care where they decide. I just hope they remember me with fondness and laughter! :)Ellen D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03776803182673252265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-2803644983441152632022-08-18T18:09:47.292+01:002022-08-18T18:09:47.292+01:00There are several places I've live where I'...There are several places I've live where I'd hate to be buried. Nasty places; nasty people.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-3316364538093191682022-08-18T18:08:18.153+01:002022-08-18T18:08:18.153+01:00I particularly like the idea of one's ashes go...I particularly like the idea of one's ashes going back to where one was born. To make the soil as fertile as possible in one's own spot.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-27256277587966886672022-08-18T18:06:41.129+01:002022-08-18T18:06:41.129+01:00I think that sounds beautiful. A scattering at sea...I think that sounds beautiful. A scattering at sea is the perfect finalé.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-52028181410410385642022-08-18T18:05:15.332+01:002022-08-18T18:05:15.332+01:00My late Mother-in-Law was divided into two parts a...My late Mother-in-Law was divided into two parts and buried both in the UK and in France. I suppose we really should have sent a third part back to Sweden. Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-11622561069963025962022-08-18T17:28:29.115+01:002022-08-18T17:28:29.115+01:00I recently gave away a cemetery plot, in my hometo...I recently gave away a cemetery plot, in my hometown, the last place I want to spend eternity Travelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07787024407420088973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-82853780217299231882022-08-18T17:03:52.131+01:002022-08-18T17:03:52.131+01:00Beautiful cemetery, a lovely place to rest. Old bu...Beautiful cemetery, a lovely place to rest. Old burial grounds have a better personality than the flat slab easy to mow style.<br /> My wish is. mix my ashes with a good potting soil, and use it to plant flower bulbs. I like the knowing in the end, my life has purpose.Salty Pumpkin Studiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10116105220109225010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-76117471707879552852022-08-18T14:55:47.495+01:002022-08-18T14:55:47.495+01:00Your village cemetery is quite beautiful and looks...Your village cemetery is quite beautiful and looks like a fine final resting place. As for me, there is a large family plot that I could go to. I, too, hold all the ownership paperwork. Currently, I prefer my ashes be taken out to sea. Blue water off the coast of Maine would be just fine. Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14473063249106111719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-15090857373836575642022-08-18T14:00:51.979+01:002022-08-18T14:00:51.979+01:00Up like a rocket and down like a stick..wherever i...Up like a rocket and down like a stick..wherever it lands will be geographically ok with me.....libbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05552884005601003691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-85287017987211312622022-08-18T13:52:59.727+01:002022-08-18T13:52:59.727+01:00My mother was cremated and her ashes were divided ...My mother was cremated and her ashes were divided among her four children. I've actually enjoyed the process of finding meaningful resting spots for my mother. I'm hoping my boys will do the same for me instead of leaving me in a bag at the back of one of their sock drawers, (in perpetuity!)Melinda from Ontariohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09019426158896831594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-46183148538352436772022-08-18T13:44:28.229+01:002022-08-18T13:44:28.229+01:00Great foresight. We should all think about such th...Great foresight. We should all think about such things; even at 47.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-27748544171771109072022-08-18T13:01:36.040+01:002022-08-18T13:01:36.040+01:00When my parents ashes were put in a garden plot su...When my parents ashes were put in a garden plot surrounded by roses, i bought the one next to them. I was only 47, and it cost $250. Best present i ever bought. Poppy Qhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12271337805172036471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-74681854521119874742022-08-18T12:38:47.091+01:002022-08-18T12:38:47.091+01:00I don't think, in the West, that people do car...I don't think, in the West, that people do care much about putting flowers on graves, etc. They are more likely to visit the graves of their dogs (quite rightly). Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-6794528148165484252022-08-18T12:36:52.633+01:002022-08-18T12:36:52.633+01:00I like that idea, but a bit random as where you mi...I like that idea, but a bit random as where you might land.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-65469918055166954912022-08-18T12:00:48.141+01:002022-08-18T12:00:48.141+01:00Beautiful cemetery. I'd like to donate my body...Beautiful cemetery. I'd like to donate my body to science, as my mother in law did (after any useful organs are harvested). Then when they're done with me and cremate whatever's left over, I don't really care what happens to my ashes. Plus I doubt there will be anybody around who will want a place to visit. Maybe our niece or nephew will scatter me somewhere.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12512800812290518552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-50629423274144263242022-08-18T10:48:21.647+01:002022-08-18T10:48:21.647+01:00I had this conversation with my kids very recently...I had this conversation with my kids very recently. What I would like and where I would like to be....I'm going to be a firework and be sent into the night sky (landing geographically inbetween where I was born and where I lived).libbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05552884005601003691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-51556362988141005012022-08-18T10:32:22.107+01:002022-08-18T10:32:22.107+01:00I think the idea of a stiff breeze would be prefer...I think the idea of a stiff breeze would be preferable. Some of me might end-up in boring Eastbourne, some in Calais, and maybe even some in Norway.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-20429993933358951362022-08-18T10:30:44.971+01:002022-08-18T10:30:44.971+01:00I like the idea of continuity, but for my lot it&#...I like the idea of continuity, but for my lot it's almost impossible. We're all over the place.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-14953884753331491162022-08-18T09:25:38.448+01:002022-08-18T09:25:38.448+01:00If your ashes are scattered, I hope it's not w...If your ashes are scattered, I hope it's not windy that day.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-83977691359892683262022-08-18T09:25:21.719+01:002022-08-18T09:25:21.719+01:00I had a lot to do with cemetery law (your 'in ...I had a lot to do with cemetery law (your 'in perpetuity' comment) back in my Liverpool days. It's a nightmare. Almost as bad as the law relating to 'allotments'. Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-747669150613786142022-08-18T09:11:20.581+01:002022-08-18T09:11:20.581+01:00A small country churchyard where my parents, grand...A small country churchyard where my parents, grandparents, great, great great etc have been buried for hundreds of years. The church is still open (just), so I'm hopeful. And I want to be buried, not cremated - I like the idea that I will be pushing up daisies.the veg artisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04029588460808570133noreply@blogger.com