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“Life Eternal”
Heavy metal ballad touches on themes of eternal loveYour loved one was a rocker, maybe even a dyed-in-the-wool metalhead whose wardrobe consisted of black concert T-shirts. The kinds of songs played at other people’s funerals would be all wrong for your group of mourners. This loved one would find traditional songs of love, loss and hope for reunion boring. To really represent your…
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15 quotes on how memories keep loved ones alive
Those who are gone live on in the hearts and minds of friends and familySince the time of Euripides — and no doubt before — people have had the sense that the dead are not truly gone, as long as they live on in our memories and dreams. In this collection of quotes, that Greek tragedian is joined by thinkers, writers and everyday philosophers who in the years since…
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“Where Rainbows Never Die”
A moving tribute to the popular singer’s recently deceased husbandIt is a rare song (or songwriter) that can level its gaze at death and, rather than conjure denial or confrontation, evoke golden landscapes rippled with ecstatic nostalgia. “Where Rainbows Never Die” by The SteelDrivers does just that. A rich, warm fingerpicked melody blossoms with slide guitar. Glittering banjo and ascendant fiddles carry lead singer…
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Composting Bodies is Now Legal in 14 States
Honoring Earth Day with a new kind of return to natureNew Jersey Governor Phil Murphy recently signed a bill making the Garden State the 14th state to legalize a process known as natural organic reduction (NOR), or human composting. The practice, which first gained legal approval in Washington state in 2019, has steadily grown in popularity as people look for more environmentally friendly alternatives to…
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“Hand to Earth” Book Review: Andy Goldworthy makes art in the natural environment
Goldsworthy’s work using natural, found resources can serve as inspiration for incorporating art into lossRowan Leaves Laid Around Hole, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, 1987 Photo Credit: Moss & Fog
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Trans Remembrance Project Provides a Community of Grieving
Online shrine offers commiseration, resources and hope around the world“Celebrating the lives of those who have passed,” reads the simple summary on the homepage of The Trans Remembrance Project. What started as a candlelight vigil 25 years ago has turned into a living online memorial for the trans community. An initiative of Advocates for Transgender Equality, the Project features on its website names, images…
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“In the Parlor, The Final Goodbye”
A Game Changer Film That Alters The Way We Observe DeathI had the amazing good fortune to experience true magic recently when I drove from San Francisco to Sacramento. The storms actually parted as the sun streamed through. That evening an audience gathered for the debut of an unusual documentary film “In the Parlor, The Final Goodbye.” It explores a new movement many are not aware of…
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National Donate Life Month Reminds Us To Give
Organ donors can help provide a form of life after deathThere are deathbed confessions, but in the case of Brendan Costello Jr., it was a deathbed donation: In January, as his grieving family sat by him as he was dying, they learned for the first time that he had registered to be an organ donor. Costello’s tale, as reported in the New York Times, serves…
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Composting Bodies Is Now Legal in 14 States
An eco-friendly alternative to burial and cremation gains groundComposting bodies can enrich the soil. Credit: Photo by Gabriel Jimenez on Unsplash
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