Mausoleum accolades
The Minneapolis StarTribune named Joan Soranno, the architect who designed the new mausoleum at Lakewood Cemetery, the 2012 Artist of …
Monthly Archives: December 2012
Originally posted on The Brevity Blog:
Here at Brevity, we adore straight talk, honesty, shrimp and grits, and common sense. One of…
A friend’s memoir now available
Read this description of Tracy Lee Karner’s new memoir and tell me it doesn’t sound intriguing 🙂 From Amazon.com: “After …
My top 5 books of 2012
I’m reviewing my reading list from 2012 and it’s fairly pathetic. I don’t think there’s ever been a year where …
More thoughts on the Newtown wakes
Other thoughts regarding Newtown: How many parents brought their children to the wake(s) of their classmates? I was eight years …
Two thoughts about Newtown
After simply just trying to process what happened in Newtown, CT (which cannot be processed–you only can try), after reading …
Ann’s Fashion Tarot: Death
I’m not surprised that I serve as muse when Ann uncovers the death card. Read through Ann’s other entries if …
Lambs and pinwheels and balloons
From my memoir: “Woodville is the only cemetery Dad and I work in with a section just for babies. It’s …
I enjoy well-written blog posts that describe the oh-so-personal thoughts that come out of grief.
Community, Part 2
In November I wrote a short post that revolved around the notion of community. I consider community an integral part …
If You Have Five Seconds to Spare 