DeathWrites

A place to share, discuss, and think about the wide variety of funerary and mortuary ritual forms found worldwide.Also a place to learn to deal with the death of a loved one, or your own transition from the physical to non-physical.

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Location: Boulder Creek, California, United States

I am 53 years old, and single mother to two teenaged sons. Trained as an anthropologist, I have made the cross-cultural study of death rituals my personal domain. I've traveled the world, read all I can get my hands on...and it's still not enough!

Monday, May 30, 2005

Website is up...but not completely functional

I've had trouble getting my script to work on the sign up box. If you wish to receive DeathWrites, the monthly newsletter about death rituals and living a remarkable life, then send an email to: deathwrites@deathrites.com.
I'm sure that once the holiday weekend is over, and everything returns to normal, there will be tech support staff for me to work with.

Until next time, remember....
enjoy every minute of your time here on earth - even when there's no tech support!

Love,
Kim

Wednesday, May 25, 2005

New Website is Born...and an old one dies!

I'm doing my very best to create this site to meet the needs of the readers: What do you want to know about death rites around the world?

Let's talk for a minute about something personal. The death of my mother.

Rosemary Stacey died some 16, almost 17 years ago. She wished to be cremated, and it was done. When my father picked up her ashes from the funeral home, he discarded them while traveling down a highway - by opening the car window and letting the wind take them away.

I was not asked, nor was I able to participate.

This was not a useful ritual, by any stretch of the imagination. It smacked of refuse disposal, or littering.

Anyone with any similar stories to share? Post them here, or if they are personal...send them to me at: editordeathwrites@sbcglobal.net

Love!
K