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Canadian Funeral
We drove down to Picture Butte last Friday for the funeral of my husband’s junior father. Over the years I have developed a rather hybrid view of funerals, first by attending hundreds of Ghanai… more →
With a heart set on Pilgrimage
Funerals - Japanese Buddhist Customs - Part 1
wrote 1 week ago: Author: Michael Russell Source: articleage.com In this first of a two, japanese incense , part serie … more →
Does the body need to be there?
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wrote 1 month ago: The recent death in our family has me thinking, again, about funerals. Not so much the “plain … more →
The sounds of burial
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wrote 1 month ago: November is well into summer season in the Paraguayan Chaco and it may be hot today, though perhaps … more →
Canadian Funeral
wrote 3 months ago: We drove down to Picture Butte last Friday for the funeral of my husband’s junior father. Ove … more →
Autumn Man- courtesy of Tim
wrote 4 months ago: When my father died of a brain tumor in early December in 2007, my husband was in Ghana, and my moth … more →
Of Babies, bathwater, and breaking hearths
wrote 4 months ago: The November before my mother died she sent out a Christmas letter and hand wrote short notes on acc … more →
. . . . I wanna get off, revisited
wrote 4 months ago: One of the things living in Africa has taught me is that, ‘ It is always appropriate to be led … more →
Funeral Cooking-Nkonya style
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wrote 5 months ago: In Nkonya, Ghana, it is decidedly less than couth to wander down main street munching peanuts from … more →
Orthodox Jewish Death Rituals
wrote 8 months ago: According to the Jewish people, the body of the dead continues to be sacred long after the spiri … more →
How to Dispose of a Dead Body
wrote 8 months ago: Historically, a variety of methods have been used to dispose of human remains. The methods us … more →
13 ways of looking at a cemetery: part 3
wrote 9 months ago: Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Cemetery Part 3: Consumerist I’ve been tactful in my photo exped … more →
The Switzer Way of Death
wrote 1 year ago: Because Uncle Warner pastured his cows in Aunt Mary’s family’s graveyard and because Aun … more →
Funeral Customs in America: A Book Review
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wrote 1 year ago: In the first season of HBO’s historically accurate western Deadwood, Al Swearengen’s minion, E.B. Fa … more →
