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What is Green Cremation? An Interview with George Frankel
The CEO of Eternal Reefs talks conservation memorialization and shares his wisdom
George Frankel has served as CEO of Eternal Reefs, Inc. since 2000, and has recently been appointed to the Green Burial Council Advisory Board. All photos courtesy of Eternal Reefs’s website. Kelly: For those who may not be familiar, what exactly … Continue reading
“Cloud-Eye” by Katherine Gallagher
Katherine Gallagher's poem shows that everything is about perspective
I chose this week’s poem because I loved its mixture of imagery and metaphor. Its title alone, “Cloud-Eye,” foreshadows this use of figurative language. And incidentally, foreshadowing is an important part of the poem as well. Katherine Gallagher uses each … Continue reading
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Tagged Cloud-Eye, Katherine Gallagher, Katherine Gallagher Poems, Poems About Loss
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“The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.”
-Eleanor Roosevelt
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“Epitaph on William Muir” by Robert Burns
Robert Burns's "Epitaph on William Muir" offers a sweet final farewell
Photo Credit: deshow.net Written for a good friend of his, “Epitaph on William Muir,” by Robert Burns, is everything an epitaph should be: it conveys love and reverence, and shows hope for Muir, rather than pessimism. It’s brief, but still meaningful: … Continue reading
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Tagged Epitaph on William Muir, Famous Epitaphs, Robert Burns, Robert Burns Poems
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The “Unity” of Life and Death
Jay DeFoe's masterpiece, "The Rose," brings two opposite concepts together
Photo Credit: abstract-art.com “Death has kind of a negative connotation,” artist Jay DeFeo once said when speaking of her life’s major work, The Rose. She wanted the piece to represent the “unity” of life and death, not merely death. Completed … Continue reading
