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  • Oakwood Cemetery in Troy, NY is an Architectural PioneerA picturesque landscape that serves as both graveyard and garden

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    Dana Watson

    Oakwood Cemetery in Troy, NY is an Architectural Pioneer
    A picturesque landscape that serves as both graveyard and garden

  • “For three days after death, hair and fingernails continue to grow but phone calls taper off.”
    -Johnny Carson

    Kelly Larsen

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  • Kayak Morninga memoir on navigating grief through meditation… and kayaking.

    Kayak Morning
    a memoir on navigating grief through meditation… and kayaking.

    In his 2010 memoir, Making Toast, Roger Rosenblatt tells his story about loss after losing his daughter, Amy, unexpectedly.  With a series of snippets similar to diary entries, Rosenblatt detailed […]

    Katie Ryan

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  • Hospice Foundation of America Lunch ‘n LearnThe Webinar will Focus on Coping With Professional Caregiver Burnout

    Hospice Foundation of America Lunch ‘n Learn
    The Webinar will Focus on Coping With Professional Caregiver Burnout

    The Hospice Foundation of America will present a live, online webinar called Caregiver Burnout/Compassion Fatigue: How it Affects Professionals—and How to Beat It today from 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. EST. This webinar […]

    Dana Sitar

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  • “The question is not whether we will die, but how we will live.”— Joan Borysenko

    “The question is not whether we will die, but how we will live.”
    — Joan Borysenko

    Antal Polony

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  • Immortalizing Life Lessons
    Jef Raskin’s gift to his son offers fatherly guidance, even after Jef is gone

    Aza Raskin recently wrote a beautiful piece for Fast Company on a gift his father (Jef Raskin, known for inventing the Macintosh) presented to him shortly before his death. The […]

    Kelly Larsen

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  • What is a Celebrant? (Interview)
    A new era of end-of-life ceremonies: how celebrants both embrace and break with tradition

    The Celebrant Foundation & Institute, a nonprofit educational organization that trains Life Cycle Celebrants, is changing the way we think about ceremonies. In particular, end-of-life celebrations are transcending the traditional […]

    Liz Matsushita

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  • “It’s Just a Ride” – Bill Hicks’ theory of life
    In life, we have a “choice between fear and love,” says the late philosophical comedian.

    Dana Sitar

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  • The Return of Edgar Cayce, by C. Terry Cline, Jr. (2011)A suspense novelist channels the words of a long dead psychic

    The Return of Edgar Cayce, by C. Terry Cline, Jr. (2011)
    A suspense novelist channels the words of a long dead psychic

    Suspense novelist C. Terry Cline, Jr. has been an Edgar Cayce fan for some time. Since the sixties, more accurately. For those unfamiliar with Cayce, as this reviewer was until […]

    Antal Polony

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  • Traditional Iranian Memorial
    Information and Details Behind a Traditional Islamic Iranian Memorial Service

    A comparison is made between traditional vs. contemporary Iranian memorial services and the details of a traditional Iranian memorial service is discussed.

    Suzette Sherman

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