We Should Talk More About Dying, Cause You Will
When folks use a famous funeral or celebrity death such as Rosalynn Carter’s to tell the world what they really think, believe them.
Tagged: Death
A Couple of Deaths and The Great Reset
A couple of deaths intruded into my life, and it took me a while to get myself together so I wouldn’t pen an insufferable introspective.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Hades
Death is one of the things that is difficult to work in a game. Hades is a game that has death built into the game loop. Dying is part of it.
Sunday Morning! “A Death in the Family” & “Whiteout Conditions”
Viewed from one perspective, a funeral is a unit of measurement marking the gap between our most important questions and the boundaries of our understanding
A Tragedy, Not a Statistic
Every person who dies from COVID-19, or any other cause, is a life to be celebrated, remembered, and mourned.
Celebrating Life with a Pocket Full of Death
I’m not a fan of social functions. I make it a habit to avoid them. I’ve been to a whole mess of funerals. Those are less avoidable.
Of Poverty, Cancer, Bureaucracy, and Death
This is how a vibrant 50 year old woman goes from active to death’s threshold in a few weeks’ time. It all happened faster than the wheels of bureaucracy turn.
Entertainment, Humanity, and the Death of Kobe Bryant
Do we care more about some celebrity’s death than the thousands of other deaths? No. Not really. It just serves as a reminder of how connected we really are.
Later, Kimmy Jo
“Life’s a garden man. Dig it!” That’s the tagline on my friend Kim’s Facebook profile. It’s a fitting slogan for a woman like her, a happy-go-lucky girl who never took anything too seriously. Even...
Sunday Morning! “From Here to Eternity” by Caitlin Doughty
A lively trip around the world to compare how different cultures bring out their dead.
One More Slice With Andrew
Symposium: It’s not surprising the Domino’s Pizza guys got to know Andrew to the point that they would actually worry about him. Andrew was an incredibly kind person.
Thoughts from a Cemetery
There’s a haunting beauty in these old cemeteries. It’s the new ones that creep me out.
Comment Rescue: Grief Bacon
There’s a German word, Kummerspeck, which literally means “Grief-bacon” and is used to refer to the weight you put on while grieving.
