"On earth there is no heaven,

but there are pieces of it."

                      Jules Renard

It was a beautiful summer day, with a warm breeze blowing through the leaves of the trees and birds chirping on the branches, a...

In a society where we are so separated from death in daily life, with most people either dying in the hospital or in a nursing facility, we are, as a result, also separated from how to be with those who are dying. In addition, dying is no longer seen as a natural part...

This post has eluded me for weeks, mostly because of the raw intensity and discomfort of the experience. I now realize I might never mold the words quite right.  But, I will write it anyway. I also struggle with the sympathy this post will evoke from the reader, which...

Where would you think most college students would be at 10:30 on a wintry Saturday morning in mid-February?

It’s highly unlikely that you would guess, a Death Café, but that’s exactly where nearly 20 students on the Kenyon College campus were yesterday morning. (And it...

The documentary last evening, Facing Death, provided the impetus for viewers' profound discussion about end-of-life challenges and conversations.

Providing a sobering real-life glimpse into Mt. Sinai's ICU and how the subject of death is handled with patients and l...

This past Friday evening's documentary on green burials (A Will for the Woods) was received by viewers with such comments as "How absolutely beautiful", "So touching, real and natural".  One individual  who had spoken beforehand about the "creepiness" of typical funera...