The Week Ahead - Oracle Reading for Monday 16 January
“Grief does not change you… It reveals you.” ~ John Green Hello, dear friends! I apologise that today’s post is late in coming. In fact I was unsure if I would even be able to write it at all. But...
View ArticleEp. 73 How to Die Happy! A Tribute to My Mom: Margaret Wyatt
What does it take to have a smile on your face the day you die? https://lessonsfromdying.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/podcasteolumomed.mp3 In this episode I pay a tribute to my Mom, Margaret Wyatt, who...
View Articleindifference
https://thecrookedsteepledotcom.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/indifference.mp3 There are only so many big, heavy moons floating in the dark morning sky that you’ll see. Only so many times the stars will...
View ArticleGraph Paper Plate
Reference me darling but never laughing. Take cover – Mine a degree no matter how, brute force? Over Your walls held up with all your might, Turned into what’s more – a mere apple bite! How rich. On...
View ArticleA Quiet Wednesday Today
“When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.” ~ Kahlil Gibran Wednesday is my day for posting about death...
View ArticleIs Your Digital Life Ready for Your Death?
How to decide what happens to your Facebook, Google, Twitter accounts and more when you die and the steps you must take.. via NYT Technology http://ift.tt/2jy4Ci9
View Article5 Year Plans
About six months ago, my friend came to work complaining about continuing chest pains and shortness of breath. She left in the late morning/early afternoon to get checked out by her doctor. She never...
View ArticleHappy Child Sacrifice Day
There are many versions of the riddle, but this is the one I heard when I was a kid: A blind war veteran goes into a seafood restaurant, orders shark, eats one bite, and kills himself. Took us hours to...
View ArticleForever is the Worst Long Time, by Camille Pagan****
“Each story is different. Every story ends with loss.” Camille Pagan is the author Life and Other Near Death Experiences. Thank you Net Galley and Lake Union Publishing for the DRC, which I received...
View ArticleNew Years resolution:
Say “always” and “never” less promise absolutes only to those you can follow through for: The dying, the dead, and people you’ve made up. I am tired of dying on altars crafted of words no one meant. “I...
View ArticleDeath as an Old Friend
One of the themes I will occasionally explore here in The First Circle is death and dying in the human frame. Not exactly the light fare of pub trivia discussions I know, but it is an important issue,...
View ArticleDeath Of A Friend - Saying Goodbye to Bert
“We who choose to surround ourselves with lives even more temporary than our own, live within a fragile circle; easily and often breached. Unable to accept its awful gaps, we would still live no other...
View ArticleFacebook From Beyond the Grave
If you find yourself getting a friend request from someone who has died, report the incident to Facebook.. via NYT Technology http://ift.tt/2jxJJRw
View ArticleFacebook From Beyond the Grave by J. D. BIERSDORFER
By J. D. BIERSDORFER If you find yourself getting a friend request from someone who has died, report the incident to Facebook. Published: January 24, 2017 at 02:00PM from NYT Technology...
View ArticleHeld In Memory
Photo credit @Al Forbes Held In Memory by T. Delaplain I slide into the backseat, lie on my back and imagine the moonlight. I’m assaulted with longing so intense that it can only be desire. The taste...
View ArticleOn Grief
TW: Death, grief, suicide mention. I have found out that two people passed away while watching Winnie the Pooh. I remember exactly when during the movie the news came both times. I remember the first...
View ArticleCantcer
I can’t sir. I am not prone tonight to eat heaving and Sounding out sloppy syllabic English. Sisyphus gave blood I heard yesterday Helping out our cause at the five and dime. When outnumbered run...
View Articlehunting for graves day 1: what the hell is happening?
I say this because day 1 was with Alex: a nice turned creepy guy who offered to show me around. It was exciting at first—I’ve never seen so many human bones in one concentrated area! But at some point...
View Articlea cool way to learn english
in the 16 months that i’ve been traveling, i got ask this question a lot (and variations of it): where are you from? your english is very good, how did you learn it? no, i did not roll my eyes at them...
View ArticleMonthly Musings
Hey, old friends! And young-uns too! I think it’s been close to a year since I’ve been h
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