WELCOME TO OUR BLOG
Welcome to the SevenPonds.com blog – a community-driven extension of SevenPonds.com! I hope you find comfort and community in the resources and stories featured here. I’m always happy to hear from readers and can be reached at suzette@sevenponds.com.
FEATURED
-
Funeral Home Owner Chris Johnson Spending Halloween in Jail: More than a dozen bodies found decomposing at his Georgia funeral home -
Our Monthly Tip: Toast a Loved One with a Personalized Glass: Etching the glassware adds a touch of class to any memorial gathering keepsake -
My Cousin’s Death Taught Me the Meaning of Life: A lesson in existentialism and mortality
-
Categories
Tag Archives: Asia
Okinawa Has Highest Concentration of Centenarians in the World
The Japanese Prefecture and its inhabitants have been studied for over 40 years
Dr. Sanjay Gupta, the Chief Medical Correspondent for CNN, has traveled the world to learn the ways different people live meaningful and healthy lives. One of his expeditions took him to the Okinawa Prefecture in Japan. The string of islands … Continue reading
Posted in Something Special
Tagged Asia, Centenarian, Healthy Aging, Japan, longevity, Okinawa, Something special
1 Comment
The House Awaiting Death
If you could build a house just for the dying process, what would it look like? EASTERN Design Office shows us.
“A house awaiting death,” the client said to us, “I will die in 15 years [and] it will be a house awaiting that death. When I die it won’t be sunset, it will be sunrise. When the final moment comes, … Continue reading
A Community of Cremation Vessels: Cloud of Stars by Zhufei Zhufei
Chinese architecture blends technology with tradition in this columbarium
Today, social media technologies pervade our culture, setting the tone for the way we choose to experience life. So why not tailor technology to accommodate the ways we choose to experience death? Design for Death finalist Zhufei Zhufei is one … Continue reading
