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For people preferring a more formal and perhaps more intimate conversation and where people come prepared having done some reading or started conversations with family and friends, then Let’s Have Dinner and Talk About Death might be more attractive and better … Continue reading →

Coffin maker Marcus Daly, from Washington State in the U.S. says his simple, handcrafted wooden coffins are an economical and environmentally friendly alternative to the standard commercial offerings. But Daly believes a coffin’s most important feature is that it can … Continue reading →

This TEDx talk calls us to think about how our final resting place might have a positive impact on the planet.  See it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyA0VLzOPPA

Here is a short video clip (3:53) about a family that do their own funeral.  Comments from the Funeral Consumers Association (USA) provide the reasoning behind why a family would consider such an undertaking.  Scroll down to A National Movement.  View … Continue reading →

It had to happen, eventually. A NSW court has upheld a will written in Word on a notebook computer.  The slowly but surely creeping impacts of digital technology are making an impression on how we write our instructions for the … Continue reading →

We have no shortage of names for it, but when faced with death we are often short of words. Our superstitions and fears about dying, and the discomfort we feel, affect how we approach this most important of life events … Continue reading →

Bryan Mellonie wrote and Robert Ingpen illustrated a book about living and dying back in 1986.  After all these years we have only just discovered it.   As they point out in words suitable for children and adults like: ‘There is … Continue reading →

Shanna Provost is the author of the workbook Rest Easy Journal: A down to earth approach to dying.  Shanna was a speaker at the Demystifying Death and Dying Expo held in Cobargo in June 2014. Her website is well worth … Continue reading →

Robert Munsch as the author of Love You Forever tells a timeless story of love and loss.  It is one of those titles that can be read over and over without losing its impact to move and delight.  It is … Continue reading →

Reporter Ashleigh Gleeson, writing in the Newcastle Herald (May 27, 2014) reminds us yet again about the tendency for families to expect the medical profession to work miracles at the end of life.   She writes: By the time people got … Continue reading →