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Posts Tagged ‘home burial’

Backyards Aren’t Just for Dead Pets Anymore

21, Apr 2010

Did I Mention the Graves Out Back? Wendy Carlson, The New York Times (April 18, 2010) Home Funerals Restore Intimacy to Grieving Rituals Adriana Barton, The Globe and Mail (April 20, 2010) April showers bring May flowers and, apparently, a deluge of articles on home burials and backyard cemeteries. The New York Times article on [...]

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Home is Where the Dead Body Is

21, Jul 2009

Home Burials Offer an Intimate Alternative Katie Zezima, New York Times (July 21, 2009) Tuesday’s New York Times featured a front page article — FRONT PAGE — on people who choose home burials for a deceased love one. Economic concerns are given as a key reason for any upsurge in home burials, because they do [...]

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