Author: Aurora Wells


  • “Someday, after we have mastered the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love. Then, for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire.”
    – Teilhard de Chardin

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  • What is natural burial? (Interview)
    The manager of Fernwood Cemetery talks green burial

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  • “Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides.”
    – Lao Tzu

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  • What’s a Center for Grief? (Interview)Directors at Kara grief center discuss their support programs and the "healing door"

    What’s a Center for Grief? (Interview)
    Directors at Kara grief center discuss their support programs and the “healing door”

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  • The Parting Glass
    Classic Irish folk song performed by the High Kings

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  • Ghost Urnby Anna Marinenko

    Ghost Urn
    by Anna Marinenko

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  • What is sea burial? (Interview)
    SevenPonds explores ocean burial with “Ashes on the Sea”

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  • “Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust…”
    – Book of common prayer, 1599

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  • An Interview with Dr. Marc E. AgroninThe author of "How We Age" breaks it down

    An Interview with Dr. Marc E. Agronin
    The author of “How We Age” breaks it down

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  • “How We Age: A Doctor’s Journey into the Heart of Growing Old”Working in nursing homes taught me about old age — but I was unprepared for my grandfather's last days

    “How We Age: A Doctor’s Journey into the Heart of Growing Old”
    Working in nursing homes taught me about old age — but I was unprepared for my grandfather’s last days

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