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
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Mortality Meditation with Artist Toru Kamei
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
Murder Ballads & the Poor, Poor Knoxville Girl
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
New Ask a Mortician, Hawaiian Edition
My time in Hawaii is coming to an end, but not before I use my childhood home as a backdrop for a new Ask a Mortician. In this short n’ sweet episode,…
January 10, 2013 | Blog
The Assassination of Freddy E. by the Coward Honey Cocaine (or so says the Internet)
I was on Facebook tonight (trolling through my feed in the wee hours of the evening, as one does) when I saw someone had re-posted the following status: Today, our son, Frederick…
January 6, 2013 | Blog
The Earthly Remains: Revisiting Ted Bundy
We’re not usually a true crime operation here at the Order of the Good Death, but Sarah Marshall’s original piece on Ted Bundy (and spectacle, evil, and earthly remains) warmed our death…
January 4, 2013 | Essays by Contributors
Dremains
Cole Imperi is the owner of Doth Brands, a creative agency that primarily serves the health, wellness, end-of-life and deathcare professions. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Right now, my godmother, aunt-in-law, and a guy I went…
December 29, 2012 | Essays by Contributors
Malibu Celebs Hate Decomposing Whales
As I’ve shared with you before, I don’t like whales. They are a fear of mine. They’re unnaturally large aquatic beasts moving in the great, horrifying deep and will one day arise…
December 25, 2012 | Blog
A Magnum Opus on Whether Being a Funeral Director is Right For You
Our good friend and Order of the Good Death member Jeff Jorgenson gives us some real talk about getting started in the funeral industry. Visit his amazing Seattle-based green cremation/natural burial funeral…
December 21, 2012 | Blog
New Video: Talking to Your Children About Death
I had planned to release a new Ask a Mortician this week, but given what happened in Connecticut and China, I thought it better to release a video about talking to your…
December 16, 2012 | Blog
On Sweden, Art, and Consent to Use Human Remains
Sweden, I have to say, you’re really on a roll lately with the human remains desecration accusations. First, last month, there was the 37-year-old woman charged with necrophilia after investigators found a…
December 7, 2012 | Blog
American Funeral Home Revolution #4: What’s in a License?
The fourth 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) *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Hey Funeralites, Thanks for checking back.…
December 5, 2012 | Blog // Guest Posts