The sixth installment from awesome Austin-based funeral director Sarah Wambold documenting the process of opening her own funeral home. (Catch up: American Funeral Home Revolution #1, #2, #3, #4, #5) *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* “I’ve made everything from furniture to sex…
July 23, 2013 | Blog
Daehyun Kim is everything. “I was born in Seoul, in 1980. Now I’m living and working in Seoul. I studied fine arts at a university, specialized in Traditional East-Asian Art/Paintings. I’ve been…
July 18, 2013 | Blog
Friend of the Order Chad Weber gives us the highlight reel of Stanford neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky’s lecture “Poverty’s Remains.” The lecture is available (for a fairly large sum) on the Great Courses…
July 10, 2013 | Blog
July 3, 2013 | Blog
The conclusion of a three-part series by Maureen Shockey on being a young person suddenly confronted with the responsibilities of death. To catch up, read part one here and part two here.…
July 3, 2013 | Blog
This is part two in a three part series by Maureen Shockey on being a young person suddenly confronted with the responsibilities of death. To catch up, read part one here. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*…
July 3, 2013 | Blog
This is part one in a three-part series by Maureen Shockey on being a young person suddenly confronted with the responsibilities of death. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* For my age, I’ve seen a lot of…
June 19, 2013 | Blog
One of the hardest parts of running ghost tours is being polite to people that I think are nuts. I regularly receive e-mails from people who expect me to confirm that photographs…
June 13, 2013 | Essays by Contributors
Jeff Jorgenson, Order of the Good Death member and owner of Seattle’s green funeral home Elemental, has bought his company its first zero emissions electric vehicle. Hell yeah, the environment. His little…
June 11, 2013 | Blog
This is something that I think is absolutely fascinating and I’ve been hoarding for YEARS to go into the book. Now that I’m actually writing the book, there isn’t a place for…
June 7, 2013 | Blog
This Chilean Deathstination comes from Abigail Carney, a student at Roger Williams University who’s currently studying abroad in Santiago. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Today, I would like to invite you to join me in a…
May 27, 2013 | Blog
Jessica O’Neill is a writer living in Kathmandu, Nepal. This piece first appeared on her blog Madness & Beauty. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Last night I was less than 100 metres from a massive explosion…
May 22, 2013 | Blog