I’m currently noodling on a “telling the bees” piece, so the bee landing on Trumps hand the other day set my mind to fancy, as well. Living in this part of WY, we are surrounded by beehive iconography with the heavy presence of the LDS. I should check the cemeteries…
Another really interesting piece David. There’s something really powerful about how a single symbol on stone opens out into an entire human life like this. The beehive becomes less about decoration and more about character, industry, connection, and quiet civic influence. I especially like the restraint in the conclusion: you don’t force certainty about Hugh McCormack’s role in the Underground Railroad, but you still let the pattern of his life speak.
This is a really interesting article
I’m currently noodling on a “telling the bees” piece, so the bee landing on Trumps hand the other day set my mind to fancy, as well. Living in this part of WY, we are surrounded by beehive iconography with the heavy presence of the LDS. I should check the cemeteries…
I like this one Dave. Bees fascinate me and I didn't know they appeared on gravestones. The Coffey name is a distant one in my own Irish ancestry.
Another really interesting piece David. There’s something really powerful about how a single symbol on stone opens out into an entire human life like this. The beehive becomes less about decoration and more about character, industry, connection, and quiet civic influence. I especially like the restraint in the conclusion: you don’t force certainty about Hugh McCormack’s role in the Underground Railroad, but you still let the pattern of his life speak.