Redditor springchikun posted a picture of the ring her husband got her for Christmas. It's made of uranium glass! A second picture shows how it glows under a blacklight. Amid the discussion of Green Lantern and the amount of radiation emitted by such a ring, springchikun mentioned she carries a small blacklight on her keychain. Why? "It's because I help run a cemetery and we use invisible black light "stamps" to indicate stones that are in process of restoration or repair." And that's when it got interesting. Commenters wanted to know how springchikun ended up running a cemetery, and she told the story here. Springchikun is a stone and monument restorer. She volunteered her services at different cemeteries each year, but in 2023 found one that was special.
My 2023 season started in May, with a goal of completing 100 stones. By the end of October I had completed over 370. During that time, I heavily researched the cemetery and discovered it was also a ghost town. I found out a number of fascinating things that I shared with the community nearby (where I live). It became something really positive and people were really happy with the work I was doing because I would clean a stone, research the person and tell their story in my local history group, where many of the descendants were able to see their ancestor featured.
The next thing you know, springchikun is on the cemetery's board of directors and is heavily involved with community activities. She explained how she got started doing this, pointed to a bit of her work and tells us how you can go about cleaning a tombstone. You can see more of her restoration work at Imgur.
See, some of the best stories are buried in the comments. The ring is really nice, though.