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Let’s Talk About Death, Bay-Bee

From Here to Eternity - Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty

January 8, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos 8 Comments

Do you have a plan for what happens when you die? What do you want to happen to your mortal remains? My husband wants his ashes packed into a cannon and used to set off a controlled avalanche- preferably over a miniature village- so that he can “take something out with [him]” when he goes. I am not sold entirely on my end yet; I had an idea involving fireworks before I started reading this delightful book, but now the door has been opened to […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction, Religion Tagged With: Caitlin Doughty, cremation, Death, dying, funeral industry, green burial, mummification, order of the good death, sky burial, tradition, urban death project, world travel

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:3 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction, Religion · Tags: Caitlin Doughty, cremation, Death, dying, funeral industry, green burial, mummification, order of the good death, sky burial, tradition, urban death project, world travel ·
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