News & Views of Phillips Since 1976
Sunday December 14th 2025
Community Garden Day
By Brad Pass
The East Phillips Community 17th Ave. Gardeners invite you to join us on Community Garden Day, Saturday August 6th for free tours of this neighborhood garden and a talk about how three burned out houses, the resolve of a neighborhood and a portion of EPIC”'s NRP dollars resulted in a beautiful garden available to East Phillips”' residents.
Rain or Shine. No tickets necessary. Tours and Talk are free and open to the public. Just come dressed for the weather and enjoy. We will provide shade from the sun or shelter from the rain and a beverage appropriate for the day.
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Searching ”“ A Serial Novelle Chapter 29: Hammer And Chalice And Jail
By Patrick Cabello Hansel
As the evening rolled on, and Luz became warmer, the little man in the corner””if indeed he was a man””played a mournful, soulful tune on his violin. Luz realized she was humming along, and was about to ask where the song came from, but the old woman spoke first, almost as if she heard Luz”' question in her mind.
“Yes, that”'s an old Swedish folk tune,” the woman said.
“But we sing that at my uncle”'s church,” Luz said. “It”'s called “Soplo ”¦” She began to sing, “Soplo de Dios Viviente”¦”
“About the breath, the wind of God, am I right?” the woman asked.
“Yes!” Luz replied. “But how did you know that?”
“Oh, that song is sung in many lands,” she said. “It started in Sweden. Or should I say, it came from Sweden. Where it started, nobody knows.”
“The breath, the wind of God”¦” Luz hummed. Just then a burst of wind””the last breath of the storm that had already passed””blew the storm door open and rattled it.
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“White Bronze” Monument claimed to “Bridge” centuries
One look at Mary Cook”'s 128 year old marker here shows that many of the manufacturer”'s claims”“doesn”'t crumble, repels moss, remains legible”“turned out to be true. The zinc has oxidized and has turned the marker a beautiful shade of pale blue. “White Brass” or zinc”'s distinctive blue color and the sharp detail made possible by casting rather than carving, make the markers beautiful.
by Sue Hunter Weir-83rd in a Series
When Sylvester Cook needed to buy a headstone for his wife, Mary, he wanted one that was beautiful and that would last. He took the somewhat unusual step of ordering a marker for her from the Monumental Brass Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Despite the company”'s name, the marker he bought isn”'t made of brass; it is made of zinc, a much less expensive metal that Monumental Brass, for marketing purposes, advertised as “White Bronze.”
Between 1874 and 1914, Monumental Brass was the only company in the United States that manufactured cast zinc markers. They offered their customers hundreds of styles to choose from, and customized the markers with zinc plates that attached to one of their standard marker styles. Customers ordered the markers from local sales representatives or from catalogs at prices ranging from $2.00 for a small marker to $5,000 for a large monument.… Read the rest ““White Bronze” Monument claimed to “Bridge” centuries”
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