Breaking the Record?
I was driving along in my car, and I heard this story about a company that will press one’s ashes into a vinyl record(www.andvinyly.com). Obviously, they can’t do this until one expires, but how cool […]
Tag: cremation
The ultimate after-party: Putting fun in funerals
When we buried my mother’s ashes, my sister and I tucked a pack of cigarettes into the urn vault. Mom literally had been a diehard smoker—she died of complications from COPD—and we figured she’d be […]
What I Learned From Magazines This Week
In his heyday, Burt Reynolds owned $100,000 worth of custom-made toupees. (Vanity Fair, 12/15) The average American looks at their phone 46 times each day. (Time, 12/21/15) One percent of babies worldwide are born with […]
Tips on Do-it-Yourself Funerals
Somehow, I got on a funeral list. I am not talking about a specific funeral, but trends that go on in the funeral industry. My first thought as to why I get the funeral updates […]