Bloggledegook
Everything you ever wanted to know about natural burial but forgot to ask: A natural burial involves the preparation of a human body for embalming. It uses disinfectants but it avoids chemical preservatives. These preservatives or fluids might destroy the natural decomposition, composed of microbes. These living things are used to break down the body as it […]
Never cut a mourner a bit of slack
From This Is Bristol: I WANT to share a distressing experience with your readers. Last Monday(12th) was my Mum’s funeral it was at 12.30 at Canford Crematorium. We were waiting for the hearse to come to our house and at about 12.10 it had still not arrived I rang the funeral company in case they […]
Personalisation at its most underwhelming
Frazer Consultants a personalization, technology, and consulting company for the death care profession announced the launch of their new, patent pending funeral product, the Life Journey temporary grave marker. This new, revolutionary invention is not only a temporary grave marker, but also a unique keepsake. After the permanent grave marker is in place, the photo […]
Fit for purpose
By Richard Rawlinson ‘Whether they were lapsed Christians or non-believers such as me, what struck us all was that this ceremony met a deep need to have our emotions evoked and expressed. Believing in God was not the point. We just wanted the response to our own lives and to those of our friends to […]
