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  • Aging Alone in America

    In a new report to the Council on Contemporary Families for Older Americans Month, New York University researchers Eric Klinenberg, Stacy Torres, and Elena Portacolone report on the unprecedented movement of the elderly […]

    Dana Sitar

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  • “If you die having had one really good friend, you’ve led a rich life.”
    -Otto Gilomen

    Suzette Sherman

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  • Two Days of American Commemoration
    Yesterday San Francisco celebrated the 75th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge and today on Memorial Day, we honor our men and women who died serving the U.S.

    Fireworks in iPhone were closer than they appear. Yesterday the Bay Area celebrated the 75th birthday of the Golden Gate Bridge with a most spectacular display of fireworks. Typically a […]

    Suzette Sherman

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  • “Funeral Blues”W.H. Auden's "Funeral Blues" is despondent, but genuine

    “Funeral Blues”
    W.H. Auden’s “Funeral Blues” is despondent, but genuine

    Though it came out in 1994, I watched Four Weddings and a Funeral for the first time last year. The movie is known for its two Academy Award nominations (Best […]

    Kelly Larsen

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  • A Coffin Design that Facilitates a Family’s Right to Say Goodbye

    A Coffin Design that Facilitates a Family’s Right to Say Goodbye

    Hungarian designer Adam Miklosi has created a brilliant design that finds the ultimate balance between aesthetics and function. His LR16 Disaster Coffin addresses the need for a mass-production casket that […]

    Dana Sitar

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  • Traditional Chinese Burial CustomsHow ancient beliefs continue to inspire Chinese funeral rites

    Traditional Chinese Burial Customs
    How ancient beliefs continue to inspire Chinese funeral rites

    There are many interesting aspects of traditional Chinese funeral practices, but because there is so much to discuss, in this post I’m going to focus solely on the burial component. […]

    Kelly Larsen

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  • ‘When I Die: Lessons from the Death Zone’ by Philip Gould [Video]

    “In six weeks’ time I will be dead. I will be cremated. I will face huge fear,” Philip Gould opens this video in his final weeks before losing the battle […]

    Dana Sitar

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  • “It is impossible that anything so natural, so necessary, and so universal as death, should ever have been designed by Providence as an evil to mankind.”

    Kelly Larsen

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  • “After a Death”Tomas Transtromer manages to convey all-consuming emotions in a concise poem

    “After a Death”
    Tomas Transtromer manages to convey all-consuming emotions in a concise poem

    My search for a poem for this week was very short; as soon as I happened upon “After a Death,” by Swedish poet Tomas Transtromer, I knew I was hooked. […]

    Kelly Larsen

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