Tag Archives: death and dying

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

Posted on September 9, 2018 by smellincoffee

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory© 2014 Caitlin Doughty272 pages Memento mori — remember your death. Young Caitlin Doughty couldn’t help but remember it; as a child she was traumatized by the memory of another girl … Continue reading →

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Stiff

Posted on September 24, 2010 by smellincoffee

Stiff: the Curious Lives of Human Cadavers© 2003 Mary Roach303 pages Being dead is absurd. It’s the silliest situation you’ll find yourself in. Your limbs are floppy and uncooperative. Your mouth hangs open. Being dead is unsightly and stinky and embarrassing, … Continue reading →

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Love and Death

Posted on October 14, 2009 by smellincoffee

Love and Death: My Journey Through the Vally of the Shadow© F. Forrester Church 2008145 pages “Want what you have. Do what you can. Be who you are.” – author’s personal motto When typing my comments for Our Chosen Faith: … Continue reading →

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