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Dead Interesting: October 2013
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When I retired as a humanist celebrant I thought I'd stop writing this blog, but my fascination with all things death-related prompted more posts. They're just written from a slightly different perspective, that's all. Oh, and I still do the odd one, by special request. Saturday, October 12, 2013. To rot, or not? The worms crawl in. And the worms crawl out. They crawl in thin. And they crawl out stout. Your eyes fall in. And your teeth fall out. Your brains come trickling. Down your snout . It is uncerta...
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Dead Interesting: Funeral flowers
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When I retired as a humanist celebrant I thought I'd stop writing this blog, but my fascination with all things death-related prompted more posts. They're just written from a slightly different perspective, that's all. Oh, and I still do the odd one, by special request. Tuesday, August 04, 2015. Funeral flowers used to serve a practical purpose; their perfume helped to mask the smell of decomposition. Maybe these will help to mask the smell of any dead rodents my cats have hidden around the house. It is ...
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Dead Interesting: August 2014
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When I retired as a humanist celebrant I thought I'd stop writing this blog, but my fascination with all things death-related prompted more posts. They're just written from a slightly different perspective, that's all. Oh, and I still do the odd one, by special request. Tuesday, August 26, 2014. Narrative Remains' is a collaboration between artist and writer Karen Ingham and the Hunterian Museum. This film accompanied a site-specific installation at the Hunterian, which contains a large number of 'we...
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Dead Interesting: What is Humanism?
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When I retired as a humanist celebrant I thought I'd stop writing this blog, but my fascination with all things death-related prompted more posts. They're just written from a slightly different perspective, that's all. Oh, and I still do the odd one, by special request. An outlook or system of thought concerned with human rather than divine or supernatural matters. Richard Norman, On Humanism (Thinking in Action). Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). It's later than you think. It is uncertain where death looks fo...
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Dead Interesting: October 2014
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When I retired as a humanist celebrant I thought I'd stop writing this blog, but my fascination with all things death-related prompted more posts. They're just written from a slightly different perspective, that's all. Oh, and I still do the odd one, by special request. Wednesday, October 15, 2014. Fancy a bit of Granny's bum on your wall? There are all sorts of ways to preserve bits of your dear departed; turning their ashes into paperweights. Or incorporating them into a 3D artwork. It is uncertain whe...
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Dead Interesting: Dying without an appointment
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When I retired as a humanist celebrant I thought I'd stop writing this blog, but my fascination with all things death-related prompted more posts. They're just written from a slightly different perspective, that's all. Oh, and I still do the odd one, by special request. Wednesday, June 03, 2015. Dying without an appointment. William Shakespeare, Hamlet. Every patient is different, every disorder is different, every disorder within a disorder is different. People are unpredictable, their illness even ...
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Dead Interesting: August 2015
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When I retired as a humanist celebrant I thought I'd stop writing this blog, but my fascination with all things death-related prompted more posts. They're just written from a slightly different perspective, that's all. Oh, and I still do the odd one, by special request. Tuesday, August 04, 2015. Funeral flowers used to serve a practical purpose; their perfume helped to mask the smell of decomposition. Maybe these will help to mask the smell of any dead rodents my cats have hidden around the house. It is ...
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Dead Interesting: The Shrewsbury babies' missing ashes
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When I retired as a humanist celebrant I thought I'd stop writing this blog, but my fascination with all things death-related prompted more posts. They're just written from a slightly different perspective, that's all. Oh, and I still do the odd one, by special request. Monday, June 01, 2015. The Shrewsbury babies' missing ashes. A pencil drawing of stillborn twins. Small babies, whose bones haven't fully developed, don't leave anything to be pulverised after cremation. If there is anything left, it'...
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Dead Interesting: Beware rubbish celebrants
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When I retired as a humanist celebrant I thought I'd stop writing this blog, but my fascination with all things death-related prompted more posts. They're just written from a slightly different perspective, that's all. Oh, and I still do the odd one, by special request. Wednesday, May 27, 2015. A funeral is much more important. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). It's later than you think. It is uncertain where death looks for us; let us expect her everywhere; the premeditation of death is a forethinking...
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Dead Interesting: February 2014
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When I retired as a humanist celebrant I thought I'd stop writing this blog, but my fascination with all things death-related prompted more posts. They're just written from a slightly different perspective, that's all. Oh, and I still do the odd one, by special request. Friday, February 21, 2014. Grief and mourning rituals are two different things. A Telegraph sub-editor has headed an article about grieving by Clover Stroud, "Have the British Forgotten how to grieve? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Donate yo...