Author: Rosie Grant

  • Annabell’s Snickerdoodles

    Annabell’s Snickerdoodles

    Cookies from the redwoods in California. In the heart of Willits, California, lies a gravestone that tells a unique story – that of Annabell Gunderson. Born on September 19, 1920, and leaving this world on December 14, 2007, Annabell’s life was a tapestry woven with community service, family bonds, and a love for the simple… Read more

  • “A Good Carrot Cake”

    “A Good Carrot Cake”

    Recreating Christine’s carrot cake. I visited Christine Hammill’s cemetery on a warm May day after a long drive through the California Redwoods. I’d heard about a mysterious carrot cake recipe through social media comments over a two year span. Then one day a neighbor of the cemetery sent me a photo of a gravestone in… Read more

  • Remembering Naomi Odessa Miller-Dawson

    Remembering Naomi Odessa Miller-Dawson

    In the heart of Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York, lies a one of a kind gravestone. Read more