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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...

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Ep. 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...

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indifference

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...

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Graph 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...

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A 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...

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Is 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

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5 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...

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Happy 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...

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Forever 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...

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New 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...

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Death 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,...

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Death 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...

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Facebook 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

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Facebook 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...

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Held 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...

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On 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...

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Cantcer

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...

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hunting 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...

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a 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...

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Monthly 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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