All lit up in love
From a story in the Times of India: BHOPAL: Marriages are said to be arranged in heaven. But this one was solemnized inside a crematorium amid beating of drums, music and dance. Vinod tied the nuptial knot with Vinita, daughter of Amar Rai, on Saturday here at the Anand Nagar crematorium on Raisen Road. […]
By what magic can a personal experience be communicated to another?
”The priest presents for consideration a compound of inherited forms with the expectation (or, at times, even requirement) that one should interpret and experience them in a certain authorized way, whereas the artist first has an experience of his own, which he then seeks to interpret and communicate through effective forms. Not the forms […]
Got something to say?
Have you recently lost a loved one? How was the funeral? Did it go well as could be expected or were there problems you felt you shouldn’t have had to deal with? I’m a journalist working for a small independent television production company. We are currently looking into funerals and we want to hear about […]
Joke of the day – RIP Frank Carson
Posted by Vale “Fella said, ‘Your mother-in-law has just died. Do you want her embalmed, buried or cremated?’ He said: ‘Take no chances: give her the lot.’” It was the way he told them.
Quote of the day
“It’s a bit tragic though, isn’t it, when the only social life you have is going to funerals? They’re not quite as joyful as a wedding. But look on the bright side. At least you don’t need an invite and you don’t have to bring a present.” Ask Agnes, agony aunt, Horsham Australia — here
Thoughts of a funeral-goer
Posted by Lyra Mollington Oh my goodness! What a week I’ve had! It all started with my dear friend Daisy. Fortunately her GP says she will make a full recovery. Apparently we ignore the dangers of novelty slippers at our peril. It’s not only the cold snaps that are killing our senior citizens – it’s […]
Quote of the day
“I think it is a great shame because the cross was etched into the glass when it was first built and what was special about it was that if you looked at it, it gave the effect of being on a hill in the distance. “We have people of all different beliefs using the crem […]
And it’s goodnight Vienna from him
Former HGV driver Darren Abey has created a hearse fit for fans of Del Boy and Rodney and is marketing it under the snappy business name of Only Fools and Hearses. Says Mr Abey, ‘I got two scrap cars, both three-wheelers, which weren’t worth anything and only useful for their fibreglass parts. We stripped and […]
Die to let
In Dorset a woman has been billed for £3,000 because her father negligently failed to give his care home 28 days’ notice of his own death. Full story in the Daily Mail here.
Thought for the day
A culture that keeps death out of sight and mind is one that is increasingly lost for words when comforting others in their grief. Instead of having that important conversation in the supermarket with the lady down the street who has lost her husband, we slip down the next aisle with the self-justifying thought that […]
