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Memorial Tips from Keith Richards

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

In this month’s Blender magazine Keith Richards answers a fan’s email:
Can you  clear up once and for all the thing about snorting your dad’s ashes- I’ve seen you quoted as saying that you did, then that you didn’t and then recently that you did.  Which is it?
Richards’ Reply: It’s about halfway in between.  You want […]

Hummers

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

No not this kind.

St. Louis hotel 2005.
This Kind:

We’ve been successful attracting the hummingbirds and butterflies the last couple of years. Even with the hunters next door! According to the calender, the hummingbird scouts should be coming in the next week or so. So, why do I feel pressure?
Funeral Directors, depending on where you are…if you […]

Sunday Worship

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

Quiet in the garden on Sunday morning. As our intern tries to focus on career opportunities, we (me, myself, and I) were thinking about our own. Even though we have a project stalled, and urngarden.com, was supposed to be a sideline business, keeps us a little busier than planned… we’re able to focus on what’s […]

Marching Ants

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

Here come the ants. In the kitchen. So annoying.
The new addition to our bug collection is the Egyptian Scarab keepsake urn. The scarab beetle was of one of the most important religious symbols in Egypt and many of the dead were buried with scarab amulets as a symbol of regeneration.

Our Sacred Scarab […]

Surfs Up

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

According to Darren Crouch of Passages International, 40% of cremation families plan to scatter the ashes. 70% of those cremation families plan to scatter the ashes over water.
We’ve talked to several families this past week, mostly from California, who have planned this style of ceremony. Often families don’t think they’ll need an urn for […]

Time is of the Essence

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

As difficult and harsh as the weather’s been lately, the beauty of spring is beginning to emerge. Buds on the trees, greening of the grass, birds returning to the garden.
Mr. Davis shared these predictions for the future from a 1968 Mechanixs Illustrated mag:
People have more time for leisure activities in the year 2008. The average […]

Bon Voyage

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

One of our families is planning a memorial service to be held on a cruise. The widower cleared it with the cruise line and explained that they’d like to scatter the ashes at sea. No problem, the urn just needs to be biodegradable.
The Journey biodegradable urn will work perfectly for a sea burial.

Thank you Princess […]

Sweet Baby

Friday, March 14th, 2008

Cheyenne Doty Memorial Motorcycle

In Memory of
Cheyenne Denise Doty
June 16, 1998-November 2, 2003
On Nov. 2, 2003 Cheyenne lost her life in a Bicycle/Motorist accident. From this tragedy Cheyenne lives on through other children by giving the gift of life. We would like to encourage you to please remember to sign your organ donor cards […]

Protector of the Gold

Friday, March 14th, 2008

Today a family called looking for an urn with the image of a griffin. I love the idea of this ancient symbol of protection on a cremation urn.
We’ve got a couple of griffins out in the garden. The legendary Griffin symbol is a fascinating creature with the body of a lion and […]

In Memory of GGA

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And departing, leave behind us
Footprints in the sands of time.
Footprints, that perhaps another,
Sailing o’er life’s solemn main,
A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,
Seeing, shall take heart again.
Let us, then, be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labor and to wait.

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