Google “public response to Orlando shooting” and you’ll get a long list of hits about Trump’s offensive response to the massacre at the gay nightclub and the quagmire of gun legislation. But my Facebook feed was full of the… Read More
“Rituals are cairns marking the path behind us and ahead of us. Without them we lose our way.” Robert Fulghum How do we keep a seat at the banquet table of our lives for those no longer living? What… Read More
“Rituals are cairns marking the path behind us and ahead of us. Without them we lose our way.” Robert Fulghum How do we keep a seat at the banquet table of our lives for those no longer living? What… Read More
“Rituals are cairns marking the path behind us and ahead of us. Without them we lose our way.” Robert Fulghum How do we keep a seat at the banquet table of our lives for those no longer living? What… Read More
“Rituals are cairns marking the path behind us and ahead of us. Without them we lose our way.” Robert Fulghum How do we keep a seat at the banquet table of our lives for those no longer living? What… Read More
The first Death Cafe I attended, the host asked, “When you picture death coming for you, what do you see?” A professor of comparative anthropology, she pointed out that most cultures throughout time have personified Death – think of the… Read More
From 2016–2019 the Death Talk Project organized workshops, rituals, Death Cafés, a monthly movie night, and other events. This legacy site documents our approach to useful, honest conversation about how we die, how we mourn, and how we care for and remember our dead.
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Last Updated: July 1, 2016 by hollyjpruett
After Orlando: Community Memorials
Google “public response to Orlando shooting” and you’ll get a long list of hits about Trump’s offensive response to the massacre at the gay nightclub and the quagmire of gun legislation. But my Facebook feed was full of the… Read More
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Last Updated: July 1, 2016 by hollyjpruett
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“Rituals are cairns marking the path behind us and ahead of us. Without them we lose our way.” Robert Fulghum How do we keep a seat at the banquet table of our lives for those no longer living? What… Read More
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Last Updated: June 1, 2016 by hollyjpruett
Rituals of Remembrance 3
“Rituals are cairns marking the path behind us and ahead of us. Without them we lose our way.” Robert Fulghum How do we keep a seat at the banquet table of our lives for those no longer living? What… Read More
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Rituals of Remembrance 2
“Rituals are cairns marking the path behind us and ahead of us. Without them we lose our way.” Robert Fulghum How do we keep a seat at the banquet table of our lives for those no longer living? What… Read More
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Last Updated: April 1, 2016 by hollyjpruett
Rituals of Remembrance 1
“Rituals are cairns marking the path behind us and ahead of us. Without them we lose our way.” Robert Fulghum How do we keep a seat at the banquet table of our lives for those no longer living? What… Read More
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Last Updated: March 2, 2016 by hollyjpruett
When you picture death…?
The first Death Cafe I attended, the host asked, “When you picture death coming for you, what do you see?” A professor of comparative anthropology, she pointed out that most cultures throughout time have personified Death – think of the… Read More
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