# sorrow — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 5 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover sorrow. Page: Feed: --- ## [Photographers of the Dead Have Hard and Sorrowful Tasks: 1914](https://thevictorianbookofthedead.wordpress.com/2026/08/19/photographers-of-the-dead-have-hard-and-sorrowful-tasks-1914/) _2026-08-19 · chriswoodyard · The Victorian Book of the Dead_ An illustration for the “Post Mortem” chapter from A is for Arsenic: An ABC of Victorian Death PHOTOGRAPHING THE DEAD ONES WORK IS NOT PLEASANT AND PHOTOGRAPHERS HAVE HARD AND SORROWFUL TASKS. Of all the various phases of the art of photography, one that few people realize is the art of photographing the dead. Many … Continue reading Photographers of the Dead Have Hard and Sorrowful Tasks: 1914 → ## [Issue 77 • A Gallumaufrey](https://joehillfiction.substack.com/p/issue-77-a-gallumaufrey) _2026-08-14 · Joe Hill · Joe’s Substack_ The European Tour • Carpenter Rocks Out • Miller Time • 50 Thrillers • The Big Charity Sale ## [A Lady’s Remains Labeled “Phosphate of Lime”: 1886](https://thevictorianbookofthedead.wordpress.com/2026/08/12/a-ladys-remains-labeled-phosphate-of-lime-1886/) _2026-08-12 · chriswoodyard · The Victorian Book of the Dead_ HUMAN PHOSPHATES. The Cremated Remains of a Lady Sent to This Country as a Sample Free of Duty. \[New York World.\] The steamship Alexandria, which is due from Mediterranean ports, will have on board the first cremated body ever entered at this port. The ashes are those of a wealthy lady of Philadelphia, the widow … Continue reading A Lady’s Remains Labeled “Phosphate of Lime”: 1886 → ## [Oh Luna my Luna](https://mauraharrison.substack.com/p/oh-luna-my-luna) _2026-08-11 · Maura H. Harrison · Two Duties Told_ On losing your wings (updated) ## [A book about mushrooms and a book about maps](https://kaitlincurtice.substack.com/p/a-book-about-mushrooms-and-a-book) _2026-08-07 · Kaitlin Curtice · The Liminality Journal_ solidarity spotlight ## [Mourning Underwear: 1868-1915](https://thevictorianbookofthedead.wordpress.com/2026/08/05/mourning-underwear-1868-1915/) _2026-08-05 · chriswoodyard · The Victorian Book of the Dead_ Since today is Underwear Day (no idea why), let’s look at some of the discussions about mourning underthings, arranged by date. Black corsets contrasted with the prevailing fashion for lighter colors during the nineteenth century. Widows often wore black corsets as part of their mourning costumes, but black was also a fashion color. Corsets were … Continue reading Mourning Underwear: 1868-1915 → ## [Summer Journal Notes](https://kaitlincurtice.substack.com/p/summer-journal-notes) _2026-07-31 · Kaitlin Curtice · The Liminality Journal_ plus writing dates AUG-OCT! ## [The Fire & Light of Glen Hansard](https://kaitlincurtice.substack.com/p/the-fire-and-light-of-glen-hansard) _2026-07-30 · Kaitlin Curtice · The Liminality Journal_ a tribute to a beloved storyteller ## [White Crepe and the Success of White Mourning: 1912](https://thevictorianbookofthedead.wordpress.com/2026/07/29/white-crepe-and-the-success-of-white-mourning-1912/) _2026-07-29 · chriswoodyard · The Victorian Book of the Dead_ Mourning Attire Changed Radically New York Sun. Fashions in mourning attire have changed radically within recent years, and it is exceptional now in this country to see a woman heavily swathed in crepe, though Parisians still cling rather tenaciously to that type of first mourning garb, This change has been brought about rather by considerations … Continue reading White Crepe and the Success of… ## [She Wanted a Photograph of a Funeral Procession: 1876](https://thevictorianbookofthedead.wordpress.com/2026/07/22/she-wanted-a-photograph-of-a-funeral-procession-1876/) _2026-07-22 · chriswoodyard · The Victorian Book of the Dead_ A Disconsolate Widow Wants a Photograph of a Funeral Profession. \[From the San Antonio Herald.\] A few mornings ago, a young lady came into Bingham’s photograph gallery. “I would have come before,” she explained, “but there has been sickness in the family; grandma died this morning, and this is the first chance I have had … Continue reading She Wanted a Photograph of a Funeral Procession: 1876 → ## [Try Before You Buy, Risk-Free (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/JeSf5AjJwZES) _2026-07-22 · **Sponsored**_ Free trial hosting plus refunds processed in 12-24 hours, guaranteed. ## [On Weeping in Cars & Screaming into Pillows](https://kaitlincurtice.substack.com/p/on-weeping-in-cars-and-screaming) _2026-07-21 · Kaitlin Curtice · The Liminality Journal_ creating sacred space in real life ## [A Body-Snatcher Can No Longer Make a Living in Chicago: 1875](https://thevictorianbookofthedead.wordpress.com/2026/07/15/a-body-snatcher-can-no-longer-make-a-living-in-chicago-1875/) _2026-07-15 · chriswoodyard · The Victorian Book of the Dead_ THEIR OCCUPATION GONE. A Body-Snatcher Can No Longer Make a Living in Chicago. Beneficial Results of the New Law Legalizing Dissection. The Graveyards Are No Longer Robbed. How Bodies Are Procured for the Medical Colleges. The Methods of Preservation, Division, Dissection, Etc. The subject of dissection, especially of a human body, is not a pleasant … Continue reading A Body-Snatcher Can No Longer… ## [Ancestors at the wild edge of sorrow](https://kaitlincurtice.substack.com/p/ancestors-at-the-wild-edge-of-sorrow) _2026-07-14 · Kaitlin Curtice · The Liminality Journal_ book club week five ## [on writing the thing you're afraid to write](https://kaitlincurtice.substack.com/p/on-writing-the-thing-youre-afraid) _2026-07-10 · Kaitlin Curtice · The Liminality Journal_ a book proposal and the avoidance of it ## [Get a signed copy of Autumn's Abundance!](https://kaitlincurtice.substack.com/p/get-a-signed-copy-of-autumns-abundance) _2026-07-08 · Kaitlin Curtice · The Liminality Journal_ plus other upcoming events ## [The Corpse and the Dog: 1899](https://thevictorianbookofthedead.wordpress.com/2026/07/08/the-corpse-and-the-dog-1899-2/) _2026-07-08 · chriswoodyard · The Victorian Book of the Dead_ The Corpse and the Dog. The other day a woman shipped her husband’s remains and a dog over the Central. At Albany she appeared at the door of the baggage car to see how they were getting along. “How does he seem to be doing?” she asked, with a sniff. “Who, the corpse?” inquired the … Continue reading The Corpse and the Dog: 1899 → ## [Book Club & Writing Dates](https://kaitlincurtice.substack.com/p/book-club-and-writing-dates) _2026-07-07 · Kaitlin Curtice · The Liminality Journal_ the wild edge of sorrow ## [Issue 76 • It's Your Hot Dragon Summer](https://joehillfiction.substack.com/p/issue-76-its-your-hot-dragon-summer) _2026-07-02 · Joe Hill · Joe’s Substack_ PS Publishing Announces the King Sorrow Limited Edition--with bonus content; Headline Revamps The Backlist; Father's Day with Last Podcast on the Left ## [Blooming bazaars](https://mauraharrison.substack.com/p/blooming-bazaars) _2026-07-01 · Maura H. Harrison · Two Duties Told_ All hail the common milkweed ## [Somebody’s Father at Gettysburg: 1863](https://thevictorianbookofthedead.wordpress.com/2026/07/01/somebodys-father-at-gettysburg-1863/) _2026-07-01 · chriswoodyard · The Victorian Book of the Dead_ Somebody’s Father. I think that one of the saddest incidents of the war which I witnessed was after the battle of Gettysburg. Off on the outskirts, seated on the ground with his back to a tree, was a dead soldier. His eyes were riveted on some object held tightly clasped in his hands. As we … Continue reading Somebody’s Father at Gettysburg: 1863 → ## [Point a Domain, Start a Pit (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/1b7MB6D1Diez) _2026-07-01 · **Sponsored**_ Point any domain to a blacked-out, poison-green coming-soon page with an email waitlist. ## [The one thing Mother Earth asked me to tell you](https://kaitlincurtice.substack.com/p/the-one-thing-mother-earth-asked) _2026-06-30 · Kaitlin Curtice · The Liminality Journal_ Indigenous Grief at America250 ## [Fatal Wedding Pranks: 1878-1915](https://thevictorianbookofthedead.wordpress.com/2026/06/24/fatal-wedding-pranks-1878-1915/) _2026-06-24 · chriswoodyard · The Victorian Book of the Dead_ At the weddings of the past, a certain amount of horseplay was expected in the form of pranks played on the bride and groom. Guns might be fired, pots and pans banged, and all kinds of noise was made to “serenade” the happy couple and disrupt the wedding evening. In the US this was called … Continue reading Fatal Wedding Pranks: 1878-1915 → ## [Healing Means Listening](https://kaitlincurtice.substack.com/p/healing-means-listening) _2026-06-23 · Kaitlin Curtice · The Liminality Journal_ Indigenous Grief at America250 ## [Sweet Swirl of Sequence](https://mauraharrison.substack.com/p/sweet-swirl-of-sequence) _2026-06-22 · Maura H. Harrison · Two Duties Told_ Round and round we go ## [Papa’s Deathbed: 1852](https://thevictorianbookofthedead.wordpress.com/2026/06/17/papas-deathbed-1852/) _2026-06-17 · chriswoodyard · The Victorian Book of the Dead_ Død, Sven Jorgensen, 1896 http://samling.nasjonalmuseet.no/en/object/NG.M.01078 The next scene that stands out clearly against the background of the past is that of my father’s death-bed. The events which led to his death I know from my dear mother. He had never lost his fondness for the profession for which he had been trained, and having many medical friends, he would … Continue reading Papa’s… ## [Many of One](https://mauraharrison.substack.com/p/many-of-one) _2026-06-11 · Maura H. Harrison · Two Duties Told_ On repetition, pattern, and something new ## [The Resurrected Bride: c. 1870](https://thevictorianbookofthedead.wordpress.com/2026/06/10/the-resurrected-bride-c-1870/) _2026-06-10 · chriswoodyard · The Victorian Book of the Dead_ STRANGE AND UNCANNY. Affecting Separation of Lovers A Young Lady Made a Bride on Her Seeming Death-Bed Reappears Years Afterward Perhaps She Was Buried Alive and Resurrected. \[Chicago Herald\] An English officer tells the following strange and most uncanny story, which ought to be given as far as possible in his own words; “A great … Continue reading The Resurrected Bride: c. 1870 → ## [Way of the Whirligig](https://mauraharrison.substack.com/p/way-of-the-whirligig) _2026-06-09 · Maura H. Harrison · Two Duties Told_ and working with the wind ## [My "irrelevant" hashtag](https://mauraharrison.substack.com/p/my-irrelevant-hashtag) _2026-05-28 · Maura H. Harrison · Two Duties Told_ When the algorithm ruins a fun thing ## [Walking Softly on the Sky](https://mauraharrison.substack.com/p/walking-softly-on-the-sky) _2026-05-12 · Maura H. Harrison · Two Duties Told_ With a swell, and a burst, and a meow ## [8.1% APY Plus Free Stock (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/n49Aeyog814j) _2026-05-12 · **Sponsored**_ Claim 8.1% APY and up to $1,030 in SK hynix and Nvidia stock. ## [Issue 75 • Joe Hill Sells Out](https://joehillfiction.substack.com/p/issue-75-joe-hill-sells-out) _2026-05-08 · Joe Hill · Joe’s Substack_ The backlist is on Humble Bundle; Skelton Crew has the goods; ephemera ## [All the Parts are Poisonous](https://mauraharrison.substack.com/p/all-the-parts-are-poisonous) _2026-04-17 · Maura H. Harrison · Two Duties Told_ except the fruit, when ripe, in small amounts... ## [Issue 74 • The Horror! The Horror!](https://joehillfiction.substack.com/p/issue-74-the-horror-the-horror) _2026-04-02 · Joe Hill · Joe’s Substack_ An April Appearance in Mass; Lividian's Latest; The Inaugural Best New Horror Quiz ## [Here we are....](https://mauraharrison.substack.com/p/here-we-are) _2026-03-29 · Maura H. Harrison · Two Duties Told_ humbled by this coming holy week ## [Melt and the Meddling](https://mauraharrison.substack.com/p/melt-and-the-meddling) _2026-03-14 · Maura H. Harrison · Two Duties Told_ and how we sometimes miss the mystery ## [Issue 73 • Fall In Love (Again)](https://joehillfiction.substack.com/p/issue-73-fall-in-love-again) _2026-02-23 · Joe Hill · Joe’s Substack_ Rodriguez slays; who's laughing now?; some upcoming appearances; you gotta love it ## [Escape Hatch • 72 • Cutting Remarks](https://joehillfiction.substack.com/p/escape-hatch-72-cutting-remarks) _2026-02-02 · Joe Hill · Joe’s Substack_ The purposes of an escape hatch; just glad to be on the list; chopping block; hungry yet? ## [Escape Hatch • 71](https://joehillfiction.substack.com/p/escape-hatch-71) _2025-12-11 · Joe Hill · Joe’s Substack_ Apple of My Eye ## [Issue 70 • God Save The King](https://joehillfiction.substack.com/p/issue-70-god-save-the-king) _2025-10-27 · Joe Hill · Joe’s Substack_ King Sorrow Falls Upon The United Kingdom; My Face--on TV!; A Sorrow Roundup ## [King Sorrow Is Out Now](https://joehillfiction.substack.com/p/king-sorrow-is-out-now) _2025-10-21 · Joe Hill · Joe’s Substack_ Sorrow falls upon you; Scott Derrickson and Company dial up a big hit; Be A Patriot, buy Best American ## [Issue 69 • King Sorrow, The Grabber, and You](https://joehillfiction.substack.com/p/issue-69-king-sorrow-the-grabber) _2025-10-16 · Joe Hill · Joe’s Substack_ King Sorrow is out on October 21st; Pick Up The Black Phone--It's For You; Catch Me On Tour; "Ushers" in Best American; and more ## [My 3 Life Lessons — Birthday Reflections](https://dorotheadeley.substack.com/p/my-3-life-lessons-birthday-reflections) _2025-07-24 · Dorothea Deley · Dorothea Deley_ Listen now | Birthdays are a wonderful time for reflection. I spent mine, a few weeks ago, reflecting on what I’ve learned thus far. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/168988245/5477679d006ece6287e2a890f6b9eed6.mp3) ## [Ride the Joy & Sorrow Trains](https://dorotheadeley.substack.com/p/ride-the-joy-and-sorrow-trains-38a) _2025-06-04 · Dorothea Deley · Dorothea Deley_ Life is sweeter when we straddle the twin trains of Joy and Sorrow ## [Defend Your Nervous System & Your Democracy](https://dorotheadeley.substack.com/p/defend-your-nervous-system-and-your) _2025-04-24 · Dorothea Deley · Dorothea Deley_ Anxious and afraid? The antidote is action. You have more power than you think. ## [Defend Your Nervous System & Democracy](https://dorotheadeley.substack.com/p/defend-your-nervous-system-and-democracy) _2025-04-24 · Dorothea Deley · Dorothea Deley_ Listen now | Feeling anxious and afraid? [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/162070857/bf7a0295fb5136c84c72fc31287fa621.mp3) ## [Welcome to the Revolution — with Resilience](https://dorotheadeley.substack.com/p/welcome-to-the-stack) _2025-04-04 · Dorothea Deley · Dorothea Deley_ Let's calm the F (Fight/Flight/Freeze/Fawn) down so we can stand the F up! ## [Resist with Revolutionary Resilience](https://dorotheadeley.substack.com/p/resist-with-revolutionary-resilience) _2025-04-03 · Dorothea Deley · Dorothea Deley_ I began playing piano at age 9. ## [Episode 1.1 - Resist with Revolutionary Resilience](https://dorotheadeley.substack.com/p/episode-11-resist-with-revolutionary) _2025-04-03 · Dorothea Deley · Dorothea Deley_ Listen now | [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/160537458/57137dcc1ed1e9ef4725252c496beac3.mp3)