8220;He spake well that said that graves are the footprints of angels. There has to be a better way.

Tuesday, July 1, 2014. We quickly listed all funeral choices that we know are harmful in some manner to the environment or our health. Casket? Yes Concrete Burial Vault? Yes Large grave stone? Our reverse brainstorming helped us imagine the worst possible set of choices money could buy in funeral service.

Small initiatives that ignite the world. What sparks your community? Tuesday, January 29, 2013. It helps me handle the complicated too-muchness of it all. Over the course of the fall, 2012, I attended a number of conferences relevant to my work. In September, the Nobel Conference. That might make a difference? Reduce our dependence on fossil fuels? The proble.

Wednesday, October 23, 2013. Planning for a good death. I spent the past several days talking about dying and how to care for our own dead at home. If that sounds gruesome to you, just hang on a minute. I just returned from the National Home Funeral Alliance conference. In Raleigh, North Carolina. We had a number of inspiring speakers, and a room full of talented, experienced home funeral educators and guides who are helping to grow the movement of home funerals across the country.

My personal and professional journey through life and death. Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Last week, Monday through Saturday, I was in Seattle, Washington, for a work conference with the Association of Oncology Social Workers. Two perspectives on the same work of art at the Chihuly Garden and Glass. We ate wood fired pizza.