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Join The Ordinary, Extraordinary Cemetery podcast for a milestone episode - our 200th!

For this special episode Dianne and Jennie welcome back returning guest Kristen Allen of Bloombridge, the cemetery flower delivery service, to share exciting updates on the organization's remarkable growth since its inception in 2021. Discover how Bloombridge has formed connections across the US, weaving powerful stories of the departed that transform the lives of the living. Stay tuned for a very special, Ordinary Extraordinary story about a flower delivery to Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau's tomb in St. Louis Cemetery #1 in the mystical city of New Orleans, Louisiana.

We wish to thank all our Ordinary Extraordinary listeners for tuning in each week, for sharing your stories, your feedback and your episode suggestions. We wouldn't have made it this far without you!

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/RXoRXS5HFks?si=1cgcWcgDCGUDeIba

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Tickets for the 4th annual Beyond the Grave: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein at Evergreen Cemetery in Colorado Springs, Colorado can be purchased here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/beyond-the-grave-mary-shelleys-frankenstein-tickets-986081605627

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Jennie and Dianne are excited to share Part 2 of our discussion with author Joy Giguere on "Pleasure Grounds of Death: The Rural Cemetery in Nineteenth-century America".
They explore how the rural cemetery movement transformed the funeral industry, especially following the civil war. The rise of funeral homes to handle the duties surrounding the deceased, hospitals as a place for the dying, and how cemeteries took on more management of their grounds providing stricter guidelines for monuments and plot decorations and how all of this impacted our modern relationship with death and grief.

Watch this episode on YouTube! https://youtu.be/vjWF5MPDUlU?si=G4_DXkM3B3-JsiIp

Visit any of these links to purchase your copy of "Pleasure Grounds of Death:The Rural Cemetery in Nineteenth-century America":

University of Michigan Press
https://press.umich.edu/Books/P/Pleasure-Grounds-of-Death3

Barnes and Noble
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/pleasure-grounds-of-death-joy-m-giguere/1144258523?ean=9780472056897

Amazon
https://a.co/d/8BVMJdN

Tickets for the 4th annual Beyond the Grave: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein at Evergreen Cemetery in Colorado Springs, Colorado can be purchased here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/beyond-the-grave-mary-shelleys-frankenstein-tickets-986081605627

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This week on The Ordinary Extraordinary Cemetery, Jennie and Dianne welcome Joy Giguere back to discuss her new book "Pleasure Grounds of Death: The Rural Cemetery in Nineteenth-century America". They chat about the rise of rural cemeteries in the United States, including Mount Auburn Cemetery's pioneering design to the nationwide movement it inspired. Tune in for part one of a conversation about the intersections of death, culture, and society, and how these Ordinary Extraordinary 19th-century burial grounds continue to reflect America's past and present.

Watch this episode on YouTube!
https://youtu.be/nM6FWBgDIrY?si=p64orIt5H3oS-982

Visit any of these links to purchase your copy of "Pleasure Grounds of Death:The Rural Cemetery in Nineteenth-century America":

University of Michigan Press
https://press.umich.edu/Books/P/Pleasure-Grounds-of-Death3

Barnes and Noble
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/pleasure-grounds-of-death-joy-m-giguere/1144258523?ean=9780472056897

Amazon
https://a.co/d/8BVMJdN

Tickets for the 4th annual Beyond the Grave: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein at Evergreen Cemetery in Colorado Springs, Colorado can be purchased here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/beyond-the-grave-mary-shelleys-frankenstein-tickets-986081605627