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  • How to Cope with Grief on ThanksgivingAn opportunity for gratitude

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    Erin Fleming

    How to Cope with Grief on Thanksgiving
    An opportunity for gratitude

  • Presidential Deaths and Funerals
    Looking back on the elaborate, ever changing funerals of presidents who’ve passed

    As we approach President’s Day (Washington’s birthday) and Abraham Lincoln’s birthday (this Tuesday), it seemed fitting to look back and reflect on the history of presidential funerals.  You will find […]

    Katie Ryan

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  • Hypochondria: An Inside Look from Woody AllenA fear of death keeps this alarmist alert to even the most minor health symptoms

    Hypochondria: An Inside Look from Woody Allen
    A fear of death keeps this alarmist alert to even the most minor health symptoms

    The New York Times recently called on filmmaker, actor, and writer Woody Allen to share his thoughts on hypochondria. They wanted a look inside the head of someone always afraid […]

    Dana Sitar

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  • “Fire & Rain”
    A beautiful song on loss and darkness, as lovely as it is sad

    Singer/songwriter James Taylor achieved his breakthrough with this at once lovely and apocalyptic tune about love deferred and challenges ahead. Taylor reflects on loneliness and loss of faith, “Sunny days […]

    Antal Polony

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  • “Cloud-Eye”Katherine Gallagher's poem shows that everything is about perspective

    “Cloud-Eye”
    Katherine Gallagher’s poem shows that everything is about perspective

    I chose this week’s poem because I loved its mixture of imagery and metaphor. Its title alone, “Cloud-Eye,” foreshadows this use of figurative language. And incidentally, foreshadowing is an important […]

    Kelly Larsen

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  • The Temple of Cremation in Parma Italy
    This modern crematory draws on local traditional designs to honor the memories of a culture and the people who have died

    Erected last year north of the Valera Cemetery in Parma, Italy, The Temple of Cremation designed by Paolo Zermani draws inspiration from Greco-Roman design and local traditions to create a […]

    Dana Sitar

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  • What is the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention? (Interview)A suicide prevention specialist discusses her work at an international suicide prevention non-profit

    What is the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention? (Interview)
    A suicide prevention specialist discusses her work at an international suicide prevention non-profit

    Kristen Smith is the Survivor Initiative Manager for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, an international non-profit “exclusively dedicated to understanding and preventing suicide through research, education and advocacy, and […]

    Antal Polony

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  • “The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy.”
    -Helen Hayes

    Photo Credit: Meredy

    Kelly Larsen

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  • “Dying Wish”Documentary about a dying doctor's decision to stop eating and drinking and die with grace.

    “Dying Wish”
    Documentary about a dying doctor’s decision to stop eating and drinking and die with grace.

    In 2007, retired surgeon Michael Miller was dying of end-stage cancer and was determined to avoid the extended pain of the end-of-life process that awaited him. He had decided years […]

    Dana Sitar

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  • “Death: It’s a Living” by CNBC
    CNBC schedules a one-hour special “Death: It’s a Living”

    Tonight at 9pm ET/PT, CNBC is doing their first one-hour special documentary that takes an in-depth look at death as an industry.  In our society, the funeral industry business remains largely […]

    Huyen Do

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