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  • Billionaires Invest in Technologies to Prolong Human LifeTheir costly quest for eternal youth may also benefit others

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    Dana Watson

    Billionaires Invest in Technologies to Prolong Human Life
    Their costly quest for eternal youth may also benefit others

  • “Random Hearts”A mediocre film poignantly captures the experience of tragedy

    “Random Hearts”
    A mediocre film poignantly captures the experience of tragedy

    After suffering a personal tragic loss, I stumbled on the film “Random Hearts” one sleepless night. Despite expectations as low as my eyelids, I soon found myself riveted. “Random Hearts” […]

    Suzette Sherman

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  • Ghost Urnby Anna Marinenko

    Ghost Urn
    by Anna Marinenko

    This eerily beautiful, time capsule inspired urn prototype, from Ukrainian designer Anna Marinenko, achieves both modern elegance and archetypal timelessness — with a touch of humor, to boot.  Says Ms. Marinenko, the […]

    Aurora Wells

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  • What is sea burial? (Interview)SevenPonds explores ocean burial with "Ashes on the Sea"

    What is sea burial? (Interview)
    SevenPonds explores ocean burial with “Ashes on the Sea”

    “Ashes on the Sea,” a small company run by Ken and Anya Shortridge, has been providing beautiful, personalized ocean burial services to the San Diego area since 1997.  Anya and Ken […]

    Aurora Wells

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  • “Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust…”
    – Book of common prayer, 1599

    Aurora Wells

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  • “How We Age: A Doctor’s Journey into the Heart of Growing Old”Working in nursing homes taught me about old age — but I was unprepared for my grandfather's last days

    “How We Age: A Doctor’s Journey into the Heart of Growing Old”
    Working in nursing homes taught me about old age — but I was unprepared for my grandfather’s last days

    From the book How We Age: A Doctor’s Journey into the Heart of Growing Old by Marc E. Agronin, MD. Excerpted by arrangement with Da Capo Lifelong, a member of […]

    Aurora Wells

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  • Cleveland Retirement Community Welcomes Creative YouthThe symbiotic power of intergenerational programming and the arts

    Cleveland Retirement Community Welcomes Creative Youth
    The symbiotic power of intergenerational programming and the arts

    An inspiring story from the AARP, below, profiles a pilot program at Judson’s retirement community; they offered two students at the Cleveland Institute of Music apartments in their facilities (once […]

    Aurora Wells

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  • In Remembrance

    This poem is one of celebrant Irene Kane‘s favorite pieces to incorporate into the memorial services she leads; it both speaks to a universal sentiment, and readily lends itself to […]

    Aurora Wells

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  • We Pause in Memory of Elizabeth Taylor

    We Pause in Memory of Elizabeth Taylor

    It saddens me to announce that at age 79, Elizabeth Taylor passed away; and along with her, part of my American childhood also passed. Elizabeth Taylor was an icon to women […]

    Suzette Sherman

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  • Do not stand at my grave and weep

    Do not stand at my grave and weep, I am not there, I do not sleep. I am in a thousand winds that blow, I am the softly falling snow. […]

    Aurora Wells

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