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  • “Real Death”Mount Eerie delivers the visceral sensation of grief through song

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    Aaron Weaver

    “Real Death”
    Mount Eerie delivers the visceral sensation of grief through song

  • Making Decisions about End of Life Care
    New developments and new ways of looking at death are changing the way we make end-of-life decisions

    Healthcare decisions can be a major cause of stress for end-of-life patients and loved ones, particularly when they don’t fully understand their options or their rights. When patients don’t know […]

    Dana Sitar

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  • “The Great White Ocean”
    by Antony and the Johnsons

    Swim with me my mama when I dive In the ocean of death, I will cry If I am not with my family You could be my friend eternally Swim […]

    Aurora Wells

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  • Jackass Star Ryan Dunn Dies in Fatal Car Crash
    MTV daredevil died when his car crashed through a guardrail in West Goshen, PA this morning.

    Ryan Dunn, one of the stars of the popular MTV show and movie trilogy Jackass, and a member of the CKY Crew, died early this morning in a car crash […]

    Dana Sitar

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  • “Pleasure Healing: The Hand-Sized Guide to Self-Healing”Step-by-step mindful practices for starting a new life after grief

    “Pleasure Healing: The Hand-Sized Guide to Self-Healing”
    Step-by-step mindful practices for starting a new life after grief

    During a recent visit to the Kabuki Gardens of San Francisco’s Japantown (where I’d stopped in for a Swedish massage), I picked up the delightful read Pleasure Healing: Mindful Practices […]

    Suzette Sherman

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  • A Street Artist’s Memorial to HomicidesArtist Swoon honored the missing women of the Juarez femicides with a portrait of an early victim.

    A Street Artist’s Memorial to Homicides
    Artist Swoon honored the missing women of the Juarez femicides with a portrait of an early victim.

    In 2008, the artist Swoon, known for her life-size wheatpaste prints and cutouts of figures displayed throughout the streets of New York City, created a memorial to the victims of […]

    Dana Sitar

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  • A Dying Girl Shares Her Bucket List, and In Doing So Gains a Chance at Completing It
    Alice Pyne’s Blog About Her Struggles With Cancer Has Touched A Worldwide Nerve

    One week ago yesterday, Alice Pyne, a 15-year old girl from Ulverston, U.K., started a blog called Alice’s Bucket List. The tagline reads: “I’m 15 and I have terminal cancer. […]

    Antal Polony

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  • Baumschulenweg Crematorium
    Architecture of crematorium incorporates healing, peace into space.

    Designed by renowned architects Axel Schultes and Charlotte Frank and completed in 1999, the Baumschulenweg Crematorium in Berlin, Germany remains one of the most outstanding contemporary buildings in the city. […]

    Dana Sitar

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  • “Death is a natural part of life. Rejoice for those around you who transform into the Force. Mourn them do not. Miss them do not. Attachment leads to jealously. The shadow of greed, that is.”
    – Yoda

    Aurora Wells

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  • AIDS at 30 Years — Positive Developments at Last
    Thanks to Aggressive Spending Initiatives, Worldwide HIV Infections Are Leveling Off, But Many Challenges Lie Ahead

    A cure for AIDS has been discovered, if only for one person. After receiving a bone marrow transplant from an individual with a genetic immunity to the disease — about […]

    Antal Polony

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