Walking With Ancestors

Some of my childhood nightmares involved zombies rising from the dead at night searching for brains. We’ve all heard the folklore of peo...

If anything has become clear to me while doing this research, it’s that we need to start rethinking what place death, grief, and the dis...

Death is a rite of passage that touches each of our lives, either through the death of a loved one or our own eventual demise. No one es...

I have attended a lot of funerals in my lifetime, which has not been nearly as long as should warrant that statement. But I tend to see ...

A columbarium in Oakland. There is archaeological evidence of cremation in the Stone Age, around 3000 B.C. in both Europe and the near...

Embalmed bodies on display for services during the Civil War. Many funeral homes will require you to embalm the body of your deceased ...

I believe it is important to know why we do the things we do, especially when we’re examining whether or not we want to continue with tr...