End-of-life planning is an important step that many people overlook. It involves preparing for the inevitable while ensuring that your wishes are respected when the time comes. While it
Body composting or “terramation,” also known as natural organic reduction, is a new form of disposition recently receiving more attention. This process allows for human remains to be naturally
I will be hosting a Death Cafe on Monday, February 13th at 6:30 PM at The Optimist Cafe, located at 16 Colls Farm Road in Jaffrey, NH. The Optimist
I recently had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Krista Wood of Empathy Vet Care in Dublin, New Hampshire. She provides at-home veterinary end-of-life (palliative/hospice) care and in-home euthanasia. These
Life Forest is a beautiful eco-friendly cemetery (specifically for cremated remains) located on 13 acres and surrounded by conservation land in Hillsborough, NH. I learned about it through a Google
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty is a fascinating and thought-provoking book that explores death and the funeral industry. Doughty, a
Death is an inevitable part of life, and yet it often remains a taboo topic despite that fact. Over the past few decades, however, there has been a growing
“As her father nears the end of his life, filmmaker Kirsten Johnson stages his death in inventive and comical ways to help them both face the inevitable.” – Netflix