With These Hands — Pam Ayres
Posted by Belinda Forbes In the foreword to the 2008 edition of her book WITH THESE HANDS, Pam Ayres writes that something unexpected has happened, ‘one of the poems … seems to have become popular at wedding receptions.’ Pam may be interested to know that I have occasionally been asked to read one of her […]
A Viking funeral for ashes
Over at Scattering Ashes, here, Rich has been trialling his prototype Viking longship for the fiery water burial of cremains. What do you think?
Downer of the day
According to Co-operative Funeralcare, which takes care of a quarter of all UK funerals, sales of its Gold where to buy cialis online yahoo plan rose by 34% last year, while those of personalised, tailor made plans rose by 16%. More here
Paws2Remember
“Several years ago, I had to sadly make the greatest decision of my entire life and that was to have my beloved Russian Blue cat, Didymus, put to sleep. I can remember that day, as if it were yesterday. I had no warning of her failing health and it took me by surprise. Didymus sadly that day passed away […]
Thoughts of a funeral-goer
After returning from Trevor’s after-party, I persuaded Myra to come in for a cup of tea. I felt the urge for some reminiscing. I retrieved a large shoe box from the study – mother’s photographs. Mum died in 1979 – she was 65. Sadly, back then, when it came to funerals, choice was not a […]
Crematorium manager of the day
“You can’t just put the fire on the pyre and go off. The shutters should be opened and additional firewood has to be placed at least thrice. While burning bodies of people who had taken a lot of medications, like cancer patients, certain chemicals spurt out of the body. This can be hazardous if it […]
A bird’s-eye view: Jack’s funeral
Posted by Juno Gatsby Jack’s granddaughter called me and asked if I could recommend a venue for his funeral service. His family knew he didn’t want his last journey to be in a church or crematorium. He would be laid to rest in their local cemetery after his farewell ceremony. We talked about hotels and […]
Skeletons in the closet — and other places
From an article in yesterday’s Guardian: The University of Cologne is investigating after hundreds of human body parts were found in the cellars of its institute of anatomy, apparently abandoned there for years.
Advertising Standards Authority passes judgement on Colourful Coffins
Copied and pasted directly from the ASA website here: Advertising Standards Authority Adjudication on Colourful Coffins Ltd Colourful Coffins Ltd Printworks Crescent Road Cowley Oxford OX4 2PB Date: 14 March 2012 Media: Internet (on own site), Brochure, Magazine Sector: Business Number of complaints: 1 Complaint Ref: A11-176349 Ad A claim on the […]
The status of marriages and funerals
Posted by Richard Rawlinson I recently had a conversation with a priest about the topic du jour: same-sex civil partnerships–which offer legal equality–becoming known as marriages, so gaining semantic equality by reinterpreting a term traditionally reserved for the union between a man and woman as they become husband and wife. For some reason, the discussion […]
