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Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe in White River Junction, VT
Posted by Cynthia Stadler on Jan. 18, 2017, 5:21 p.m.
Great group of 9 participants- all newcomers to the Death Cafe. We had tea and almonds and clementines and cookies and talked about dying green, creating an end of life bibliography, fears around death and a variety of other things. We brainstormed about how to get the word out.
Inspiring for all!
New Blog post: An expression of thanks
Posted by Aileen on Jan. 18, 2017, 1:22 p.m. 1 comment
Since I just entered the dates for the Death Cafe in Linz, Austria, in January, February, March, and April, I want to take a moment to express my thanks for this wonderful format. Every time I add another Death Cafe to the web site here and come to the question at the end about adhering to the guidelines, I hesitate, I think about it again, before I click on “I agree”. I do, in fact ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe at Serenbe
Posted by Alfredo Ovalle on Jan. 15, 2017, 8:09 p.m.
We have a beautiful gathering at Serenbe, GA and spoke openly about our death and the impact that some love ones that pass away have on us.
the importance in talking about death and that is critical to get familiar with wills and advance directives
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe in Winnipeg, MB
Posted by Dianne Baker on Jan. 13, 2017, 6:36 p.m.
We had a really fine evening of tea and conversation, cake and death talk! there were 37 people in attendance, and the conversation was enriching, respectful and encouraging. For nearly everyone, this was first experience at a Death Cafe. Several Death Cafe events have been held in Winnipeg over the last several years, but it was new to almost everyone. There was a great diversity of ages, from older teens and University students to rather elder retired folks.
We offered folks the opportunity to leave their email addresses to be notified directly of any future Death Cafes, and 14 people took us up on that. We are adamant ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe in Devon
Posted by Nixie James-Scott / Ruth Chambers on Jan. 12, 2017, 3:26 p.m.
What a fantastic Pop Up Death Cafe we had today at the Boston Tea Party in Barnstaple! They were very welcoming and we were able to spread out a bit in the upstairs part! Sadly my co-host Annee Bury wasn't well today (sending lots of get well wishes from everyone!) but we had a fantastic turnout of 18 people; with many new faces! Thank you to everyone who came along and contributed to some fascinating, informative and far reaching discussions.
Here is some of the feedback:
'Thank you for a wonderfully stimulating event. Lovely to connect with some very interesting people.'
'Thanks, fabulous!'
'Very interesting, I had ...
Resource: Free, Public Symposium on "Awareness of Death and Personal Mortality: Implications for Anthropogeny"
Posted by Ingrid Benirschke-Perkins on Jan. 12, 2017, 12:38 p.m.
Join the live webcast!
Awareness of Death and Personal Mortality: Implications for Anthropogeny is the topic of a free public symposium hosted by the UCSD/Salk Center for Academic Research & Training in Anthropogeny (CARTA) on Friday, March 3rd (1:00 – 5:30 pm PT), co-chaired by Nicholas Humphrey (Univ of ...
Death Cafe write up: Swindon Death Cafe
Posted by Sue Holden on Jan. 12, 2017, 10:29 a.m.
At our new venue in the Village Hotel in Swindon we welcomed several newcomers to our Death Cafe. As the circle grew so did the discussions. One interesting topic was whether or not to view the body of a departed loved one. We learnt that there is a game you can play called mortall based around a series of questions like 'if you were handed an envelope with the date and nature of your death in it, would you open it?'
What was really good to see was the respect that everyone had for other peoples' sometimes different views. Thank you to all and the next meeting is ...
Death Cafe write up: Swindon Death Cafe
Posted by agladman on Jan. 11, 2017, 4:46 a.m.
This was my very first death cafe, coming as it did, just 5 days after my mum died of leukemia. It was a popular event as I reckon there was a dozen or so people in attendance. A fair few funeral directors or celebrants, people interested in all aspects of death and dying etc.
A few of us had very recent exposure to the death of a loved one, and I think we all got tremendous benefit from being there.
I personally realised that it wasn't too late to see my mum for one last time. The last time I saw her was the day before she ...
Death Cafe write up: Tucson Death Cafe
Posted by tucsondeathcafe on Jan. 10, 2017, 6:03 p.m.
Tucson Death Cafe swashbuckles into 2017! A wonderful group of Tucsonan’s arrived at our new venue, Ward 6, for our first foray into 2017. Whether we grit our teeth or grin at death, the Grim Reaper finds hearty conversationalists in the Old Pueblo. We chuckled at death-busting patents of the past – like the 18th century “safety coffin,” which included breathing tube, bell and ladder - just in case! And if that appeals – modern variations on this idea are available today. We were beguiled by fascinating faraway holiday travel tales from the Paris catacombs, as well as the closer to home Houston National Funeral Museum and cemeteries of ...
New Blog post: Thoughts on death
Posted by Tish on Jan. 5, 2017, 9:25 p.m. 6 comments
Does anyone on here believe in heaven or hell? Reincarnation? Does it all just go dark? Do we even know that we died? What is the point of life if we just go out like a light with nothing but memories for family and friends? Just curious on others thoughts on this subject.. We all on here to talk about fear of death so maybe if i get other opions on how people thought.. I ...
Death Cafe write up: Hornby Island, BC Death Cafe V
Posted by Sylvia Sienikehä Elysiana on Jan. 5, 2017, 4:10 a.m.
Once again -- fantastic group, great conversation!
New Blog post: I Lost My Precious Mother On Mother's Day: Overwhelmed With Grief And Sorrow
Posted by RachelHenderson on Jan. 4, 2017, 9:58 p.m. 4 comments
Greetings my fellow Christian brothers and sisters,
I love to speak the truth and I have very serious questions that I think many believers would like to know the answer to. Can you tell me please why does God's word promise so much and yet fulfils so very little to nothing in the lives of many devout Christians, in terms of, for example: long life, health, peace, joy and happiness, etc? Instead, I've ...
Death Cafe write up: Swindon Death Cafe
Posted by Sue Holden on Jan. 3, 2017, 11:11 a.m.
Eight of us discussed how and why Christmas is not always the season to be jolly for everyone. Interesting to hear that everyone has some sad memory around this time of year. Life does not stop or discern Christmas from any other time of the year. Christmas can actually make life unnecessarily worse for some! Roll on January!
So i don't know how long I have been feeling fear of death. Off and on for awhile.. But lately i feel like its more.. I check my pulse all the time.. Everytime i am too hot or too cold i freak out.. I am afraid to fall asleep.. For fear of death. I am afraid to move or breath sometimes.. I used to like horror movies.. But anytime i watch them now i ...
Death Cafe write up: Chambana Death Cafe December 14, 2016
Posted by Sherry Gilles on Jan. 2, 2017, 3:30 p.m.
Chambana Death Cafe was held on the evening on the fourteenth of December, 2016, at The Urbana Free Library in Urbana, IL.
There were six attendees; one could not appear in person. Four had never attended a death cafe before. Two were associated with the University of Illinois and death research is part of their jobs. One was also an Uber driver, one was retired and one woman, a nurse, stated she had authored a child's book on death and I got a peek at it before she left as her friend had it on hand. Finally the one who was in absentia had sent me a ...