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“Time in a Bottle” by Jim Croce: Singer captures love, memory and impermanence in a still-resonant song from the '70s -
“Mortality” by William Knox: Abraham Lincoln's favorite poem expresses how death is the great equalizer -
Massive Biomolecular Shifts Affect Humans During 40s and 60s: A new study has found that our molecules and microorganisms experience significant changes at two key points in the aging process
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Author Archives: Cassandra Seale (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
“Time in a Bottle” by Jim Croce
Singer captures love, memory and impermanence in a still-resonant song from the '70s
From its minor-key opening chords, the song “Time in a Bottle” tugs at melancholy. Blended with lyrics embodying a sentiment of pure, true love, the Jim Croce classic is a marriage of seemingly disparate elements. It’s made ever more poignant … Continue reading
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Artist Adam Tendler’s “Exit Strategy” Displays “Accidental Inheritances” Left by the Dead
Personal items left behind are repurposed into thought-provoking artwork
After putting out the call for artifacts of all kinds left behind by the dead — ranging from a piano to friendship bracelets to VHS tapes — Adam Tendler’s “Exit Strategy” displays nearly 100 such items contributed from the community … Continue reading
Posted in Soulful Expressions
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Our Monthly Tip: Preserve Meaningful Text Messages from a Loved One
How to save treasured communications, before or after someone's death
Our Tip of the Month After a loved one dies, one of the most acute pains is often the loss of direct communication with them. If you have the foresight to preserve meaningful text messages, reading prior communications can help … Continue reading
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AI in Healthcare: Tech Assists in Timely Hospice Transition
ER patients nearing end-of-life are able to quickly receive comfort-based care
While artificial intelligence may seem as far from humanity as it gets, a new program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, is pioneering a novel use of AI in healthcare to assist in arguably the most human experience … Continue reading
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“Crying in H Mart” by Michelle Zauner
A biracial woman confronts her identity after the death of her Korean mom
Korean grandmothers eating noodles, sweet rice cakes in plastic sleeves, frozen dumpling skins awaiting filling — these are the sights that prompt author Michelle Zauner to burst into tears in H Mart (FYI, H Mart is a US chain of … Continue reading
Long Unclaimed Ashes Finally Receive a Veterans’ Burial
Two Oregon women sort through thousands of cremains to honor those who served
Encountering unclaimed cremated ashes is, unfortunately, not unique. Finding volunteers willing to sort through thousands of them to uncover those that belong to veterans — and thus earn a veterans’ burial — is nearly unheard of. Yet that’s the story … Continue reading
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