Posts Tagged ‘home burial’
Frontline Documentary: Facing Death
23, Nov 2010Frontline: Facing Death Miri Navasky and Karen O’Connor (November 23, 2010) How far would you go to sustain the life of someone you love, or your own? A Final Cocoon: Dying at Home Joyce Wadler, The New York Times (November 11, 2010) For some of the terminally ill, creating a space that embodies their deepest [...]
Backyards Aren’t Just for Dead Pets Anymore
21, Apr 2010Did 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 [...]
- By: John
- In: Cemeteries|Death + the Economy|Death + the Law
- Tags: home burial, seminars
Home is Where the Dead Body Is
21, Jul 2009Home 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 [...]
- By: John
- In: Cemeteries|Death + the Economy|Funeral Industry
- Tags: coffins, funeral homes, home burial