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Our Annual Seven Holiday Gifts for Someone Who Is Grieving, 2024 Edition: Gracious gifts that spread love and beauty -
“Making Mobiles” by Karolina Merska: An artist’s manual on how to create beautiful Polish pajaki -
“Hands Up to the Sky” by Michael Franti & Spearhead: A surprisingly upbeat song about acknowledging both loss and the beauty of life
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Author Archives: Antal Polony (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
A Voice That Will Remain in Our Hearts Forever
Etta James Passes at the Age of 73
Legendary blues and R&B singer Etta James passed away this morning at a Riverside, CA hospital due to complications from leukemia. After a long and celebrated career, in which she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, won … Continue reading
The St. James Infirmary Blues by Louis Armstrong
An Old Folk Song that Continues to Strike a Chord
In the old folk songs from the early 20th and late 19th Centuries, passed down through families and generations into the very soul of our culture, death is a common theme. This should not be surprising. These were harder times … Continue reading
Posted in Lending Insight
Tagged Cultural Perspectives, Death, folk, Funeral, Music, performers
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SevenPonds Looks Back
Who Are Some of the Notable People That Died in 2011, and What Has Their Death Meant to Us
The New Year, of course, offers perhaps the most ideal time to reflect on our changes, accomplishments, and lessons learned over the past year. Many of us may feel compelled to compare the person we are today to the person … Continue reading
It’s A Wonderful Life by Frank Capra
Sometimes It Takes Perspective to See the Beauty of Life
Sometimes life can be a hard slog, full of struggles and losses and triumphs and fleeting periods of happiness. Meaning is elusive, and sometimes our impact on others can seem as negative as it is positive. And, of course, our … Continue reading
Posted in Lending Insight
Tagged Classic Film, Cultural Perspectives, Death, Film Review, It's a Wonderful Life, Life, Life lessons, Suicide
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Goodbye Solo, by Ramin Bahrani
A Fascinating and Ultimately Uplifting Exploration of Loneliness and a Decision for Death
We never know very much about the two principal characters in Goodbye Solo, a 2009 film by Ramin Bahrani. We learn more about them in the five-minute opening sequence than we do in the film’s remaining 85. A charming and … Continue reading
Posted in Lending Insight
Tagged Death, Death on Film, Film Review, Goodbye Solo, Ramin Bahrani, Suicide
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Halloween’s Deathly History
Halloween Rites Reflect a Wide Range of Cultures’ Collective Struggles with the Concept of Death
It’s that time of year again. Jack O’Lanterns, false cobwebs, and paper or plastic skeletons are popping up all over the place. If you awakened from a coma, you could probably approximate the date. It’s time for Halloween, one of … Continue reading
Posted in Something Special
Tagged 9/11, Cultural Perspectives, Death, Dying, Halloween, Spirituality and Belief
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