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What Is a Life-Cycle Celebrant? An Interview With Holly Pruett
Holly Pruett helps clients tell their stories through ceremony and ritual
Today SevenPonds chats with Holly Pruett, a life-cycle celebrant based out of Portland, Oregon. Holly is a certified Life-Cycle Celebrant through the Celebrant Foundation and Institute. She helps her clients find a way of telling their stories at pivotal times in their … Continue reading
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Tagged A Guide to healthy Conversations about Death and Dying to inspire Life and Living”, A mother dies, Bereavement, Burial Shrouds, Celebrant, Death, Grief Loss and Bereavement, Holly Pruett, Life Cycle, Life Cycle Celebrant, Memorial, Memorial Service, Oregon, Portland, Shrouds
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What are Burial Shrouds? An Interview with Kate Hoover
Kate Hoover of Vale Shrouds talks about what inspired her to start her shroud-making business and what the shroud-making process entails
Today SevenPonds speaks with Kate Hoover, the founder of Vale Shrouds. Based in Brooklyn, NY, Kate studied sociology at Barnard College and fashion design at Parsons School of Design. She has worked in the garment and publishing industries in various design … Continue reading
What is a green funeral? An Interview with Esmerelda Kent
The founder of Kinkaraco Green Burial Products talks shrouds
Kinkaraco is a San Francisco based green business, providing elegant biodegradable burial and cremation shrouds, ranging in design from classic to ornate. These shrouds and other green burial products draw from a diverse history of sacred traditions — the company … Continue reading
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Tagged Cremation, Green Burial, History, Home Funeral, Shrouds
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What are your End-of-life Options?
The eight most common misconceptions about death and dying
Many years ago, I was at the New York City Gift Show and I happened to mention my knowledge of the end-of-life industry to a woman at a booth. Her eyes widened and a look of grave concern overtook her … Continue reading
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Tagged Cremation, end-of-life, Funeral, Funeral home, Green Burial, Shrouds, The FCA
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What is natural burial? An Interview with Kathy Curry
The manager of Fernwood Cemetery talks green burial
Fernwood, a beautiful historic cemetery located in Mill Valley, CA, is the second cemetery in the United States to offer green burial. SevenPonds caught up with Kathy Curry, the manager of Fernwood, for a Q & A on their services. … Continue reading
