Death
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Friday, March 14th, 2008Today 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 […]
Mood Check
Thursday, March 13th, 2008In the urn world families are thinking SPRING. Searches lean to themes of nature: Butterfly Cremation Urns
Deer
Eagle Urns
DIY Memorial Garden
And Shamrock urns.
Hillbilly Funeral
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008More death and burial folklore from famous hillbilly folklorist Vance Randolph:
Time Stops: When a death finally occurs, one of the bereaved neighbors rises immediately and stops the clock. Everybody knows that if the clock should happen to stop of itself while a corpse is lying in the house, another member of the family would die […]
Full Bird
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008Most of the time, the calls we field are families in distress, and occasionally, like any business, you get the odd bird. The Colonial, for instance.
This gentleman insisted that I address him by his “first” name “The Colonial”, and he had questions.
I had answers.
Next, we moved to his favorite topic. HIZ SELF and […]
Doris Duke
Monday, March 10th, 2008The movie “Bernard and Doris” was on HBO a couple of weeks ago and after watching it, we wanted to find out more about Doris Duke, The tobacco heiress had a $1.2 billion estate that was the subject of much litigation. A New York judge ordered the removal of two co-executors […]
The Future’s So Bright
Thursday, March 6th, 2008We literally HAVE to wears shades.
We push on.
And count our blessings. A friend in Florida stepped out for an hour on Valentine’s Day and came back home to discover a printer cord had shorted and caused a fire in the home office. A good neighbor happened by and saved their house. The cats […]
That That Don’t Kill Me
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008You know what’s fun about living in the Ozarks? Extreme Weather. Ice last week to a hot blustery 80 degree wind today.
And intense solar rays after weeks of darkness.
Strolled the garden and everyone is out, on the roof tops, and in the trees despite the wind. Running, walking, basketball and skating.
Check the […]
Goodbye Nelda Pt. 2
Monday, February 25th, 2008Funeral Report from PA:
The flowers were beautiful and the service was very nice..Nelda had asked the minister to do the service when Pauline’s mother died , she had picked the Legion and the caterer so most of it was done….there were 75 or more there and they stayed for the lunch and […]
SCI-FI CSI LA
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008The student at Embalmed to the Max introduced us to Thomas Noguchi, former LA Medical Investigator, L.A. Chief Coroner, and the inspiration for the show “Quincy”. We dug a little deeper and found an interview done in 1986 and found these futuristic thoughts.
On “Psychological Autopsies”:
I hope to see the day when we […]
Executive Function
Friday, February 15th, 2008Here’s what we learned in the Garden this week:
The Executive Function of my frontal lobe appears to be diminishing. Last to develop, first to fade. God Help Me.
The frontal lobe of your brain houses your Memory Chamber and the Executive Function and controls your recall. Names, planning, managing distractions, and Multi-Tasking. Herein lies […]
