Order member Jeff Jorgenson, natural funeral wunderkind behind Elemental Cremation & Burial in Seattle, once again graces us with some straight talk about working in the funeral industry. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* A few of… 

February 12, 2013 | Blog

Sorry guys, my Russian is a little rusty (in that I never spoke it at all). But this story on tombs of the Russian bourgeois seems to be about the way they… 

February 7, 2013 | Blog

Jennifer Park-Mustacchio is a funeral director and embalmer in New Jersey.  She has written for the Order in the past about her first Buddhist funeral service. Here she writes about a recent… 

February 5, 2013 | Blog

I was thrilled to receive this story from Michelle O’Leary-Sherman about her recent trip to Ireland to attend a funeral. Not because it’s a funeral–I’m very sorry that her aunt died so young–but… 

January 31, 2013 | Blog

You guys LOVE totally grotesque things rendered in fluffy yarn form. I’ve seen those “likes” on the Facebook page. Don’t try to lie to me about this. I sought out artist Shanell… 

January 29, 2013 | Blog

I’ll tell ya this, kids, the secret to happiness on a Saturday afternoon is visiting a couple of antique stores and a couple of cemeteries. Of course, that’s why One Direction’s Harry… 

January 24, 2013 | Blog

This piece was written by Anna Scholin, a friend from college who not only acted in a show I directed in 2004 (!&$!), but designed and made the incredible costumes for a… 

January 22, 2013 | Blog

There’s not much information on Japanese artist Toru Kamei (at least not in English) available online.  But his pieces are wonderfully reminiscent of the Vanitas painting from the 1600-1700’s. When I’m fabulously… 

January 17, 2013 | Blog

This entry comes courtesy of two of my friends from college (regular ol’ college, not mortuary college), Lixian Hantover and Alex Bender.  Click on the link directly below to listen to Lixian’s… 

January 15, 2013 | Blog