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Category: autumn, death, loss

  • Gone, not Gone

    There was a loss in my family last month. My father’s older brother, died of Parkinson’s coupled with Covid. My aunt and cousins chose not have a funeral, so it’s kind of on everyone in the larger family to sort out their feelings separately. While I feel bad for my cousins and my uncle’s wife,…

  • Days of the Dead

    When you study history or other cultures you might be surprised at the amount of death that is incorporated in their art and holidays. Painters used to include Memento Mori, like tiny skulls as reminders of our mortality. The Mexicans celebrate Dias de los Muertos in the fall and the Chinese have Qing Ming in…