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Yeah, that's right. My book is featured in American Funeral Director magazine. "She urned this book" is one of the best puns I've ever read. www.afd-digital.com/afd/library/... #funeral #deathpositive #books
October 30, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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The Funeral Consumers Alliance wants YOU! Join up to fight for a more affordable future beyond the grave.

#deathpositive #funeral
October 28, 2026 at 5:19 PM
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Living in Utah? Here are the legal methods of disposition in your state as of November 2026.

#deathpositive #deatheducation #funeral #burial #cremation #aquamation #humancomposting #greenburial #utah
An illustration of a ribcage is just visible above a black background. On top of that, green and white text reads: What can you do with a dead body in Utah? Traditional burial (check); Green burial (check); Fire cremation (check); Water cremation (check); Human composting (X); deadparentswhatnow.com
November 1, 2026 at 7:55 PM
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In tomorrow's newsletter: DONN OF THE DEAD! Meet Donn, the Irish god of death. Or one of them, anyway. Sign up to learn more: deadparentswhatnow.com/newsletter

#deathpositive #ireland #folklore #deity #irishhistory #deathhistory #newsletter
Old-fashioned black text on a lime green background reads: "Texts show that Donn was a well-established Irish deity by the time the 8th century AD rolled around. In folklore, he often appears as a phantom on a horse, prophesying deaths to come. So maybe avoid those scenic horse rides the next time you’re at the Cliffs of Moher or whatever." The Columbarium. deadparentswhatnow.com/newsletter
November 2, 2026 at 7:55 PM
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Halloween has always been my favorite holiday. I hope you use this opportunity, while the veil is famously thin, to connect with those you've lost—whether that means you hold a seance, or you just take a few minutes to remember them between trick-or-treaters.

#halloween #grief #deathpositive
Lime green ghosts float across a black background. On the left is the logo for My Parents Are Dead: What Now? featuring a cartoon skull with heart eyes atop a lime green heptagon. Below, spooky green text reads: HAPPY HALLOWEEN
October 31, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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Want to check out Kentucky's only conservation cemetery? November 14 is your last chance for a free tour in 2026! Join cemetery director Susan Classen (and me!) for a walk through beautiful Loretto Woods. RSVP: www.lorettocommunity.org/loretto-wood...

#cemetery #greenburial #deathpositive
In the center of an olive green background is a photograph of a wooden sign that reads LORETTO WOODS NATURAL CEMETERY. Behind the sign are green trees, and yellow flowers bloom below it. Illustrations of similar yellow flowers are in each corner of the graphic. Above and below, write text reads: Tour Kentucky's only conservation cemetery. November 14 from 3-4pm. https://www.lorettocommunity.org/loretto-woods-cemetery/loretto-woods-natural-cemetery-tours/
November 3, 2026 at 4:55 PM
gravesitemedia.bsky.social
Stunt performers jump off roofs and crash cars for a SAG day rate of $1,082, the same rate as any other union performer.

Look up the kill-or-be-killed network, hear actors in their own words, and look up any of them to see body counts. dyingtowork.gravesite.media

#datajournalism #deathpositive
Dying to Work
Hollywood demands heroes. A working cast supplies the bodies. Inside 60,000 on-screen film deaths.
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October 29, 2026 at 4:52 PM
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This is wild. One German state lets families keep up to 5 grams of a loved one’s ashes for memorial jewelry. The rest of Grandma has to go to a cemetery. Read the story on Germany’s underground war over who gets custody of the dead. ⚱️
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The Captive Dead
Karl Schimkowski's mother died suddenly abroad, and his attempt to bring her ashes home to Germany ran into a rigid system of mandatory burial.
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November 3, 2026 at 5:24 PM
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Anyone headed to the Before I Die Festival in Cincinnati tomorrow? I'll be there selling copies of my how-to guide "My Parents Are Dead: What Now? A Panic-Free Guide to the Practicalities of Death." See you soon! www.beforeidiecincinnati.com

#cincinnati #deathpositive #books #grief #deathdoulas
Lime green four-pointed stars dance in the corners of a black background. At the top is the logo for My Parents Are Dead: What Now? featuring a cartoon skull with heart eyes atop a lime green heptagon. At the bottom is the logo for the Before I Die Cincinnati festival, featuring the festival's title in a circle topped by three stars. In the center, white, Disney-like script reads: Catch you in Cincinnati! October 30, 2026
October 29, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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It’s Halloweek, and GraveSite is spending it on bodies. Over My Dead Body, our six-day series on bodily autonomy, opens with Jason Collins on the Maryland crematory where D.C. sent its unclaimed dead. Read it here - gravesite.media/p/when-d-c-s...
#deathpositive #halloween #mementomori
October 26, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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Sad news, friends: Leah and I decided to cancel our Memento Mori Death Workshop due to low attendance. You'll be the first to know if we try it again in the future! And in the meantime, we hope you find your own special way to mark the Day of the Dead.

#louisville #deathpositive
Red letters spell out the word CANCELLED atop an advertisement for a November 1 death workshop in Louisville on a black marble background.
October 27, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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Still soaking in these final chapters, but viewing aging and mortality as a curriculum rather than decay hit and stuck with me; I keep thinking back on it. As a humanist & hopeful agnostic, I will keep this.

Has anyone else read it? What resonated most? 📖

#BookSky #DeathDoula #DeathPositive
October 25, 2026 at 3:04 PM
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What happens if you inherit a haunted house? Do you have to disclose that information to potential buyers? Find out in tomorrow's Halloween edition of The Columbarium. Sign up: deadparentswhatnow.com/newsletter

#newsletter #hauntedhouse #realestate #estateplanning #deathpositive #halloween
Old-fashioned black and green text on a white, papery background reads: "According to Zillow, only four states have specific laws pertaining to paranormal real estate transactions: New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Minnesota." The Columbarium. deadparentswhatnow.com/newsletter
October 26, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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Join us TODAY at 2 p.m. ET for episode 4 of HellFireside Chat🔥.

This time, we're talking with @ernie.tedium.co and Mike De Socio on what a digital executor does and how to keep your corner of the internet from going dark.

Register here buff.ly/yApDR8V, and see you there 🖤.

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HellFireside Chat Episode 4: Digital Death
Join us 10/27 @ 2p ET: Your website can vanish after one failed credit card payment. In our next episode of HellFireside Chat, Mike De Socio and Ernie Smith explain how to plan your digital afterlife.
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October 27, 2026 at 12:45 PM
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Want them to be *happy* to see your ghost? Get your affairs in order before you join the spirit realm. 👻

#halloween #ghosts #estateplanning #willsandtrusts #deathpositive
On a black background, a cartoon ghost is signing a last will and testament with a green pen. Spooky text above and below reads: Don't leave your loved ones with UNFINISHED BUSINESS. Make a will this Halloween season. deadparentswhatnow.com
October 23, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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Living in Texas? Here are the legal methods of disposition in your state as of October 2026.

#deathpositive #deatheducation #funeral #burial #cremation #aquamation #humancomposting #greenburial #texas
An illustration of a ribcage is just visible above a black background. On top of that, green and white text reads: What can you do with a dead body in Texas? Traditional burial (check); Green burial (check); Fire cremation (check); Water cremation (X); Human composting (X); deadparentswhatnow.com
October 25, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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If you haven't been reading my free, weekly newsletter, The Columbarium, you've missed 100 editions of death and dying history plus practical advice about the same. Sign up: deadparentswhatnow.com/newsletter

#newsletter #deathpositive #grief #funeral #cemetery #endoflifeplanning #estateplanning
At the top of a mottled gray background, white and green old-fashioned text reads: Find your niche in The Columbarium. Below is a wrinkled page of paper that reads: 100 posts and counting. At the bottom is a URL: deadparentswhatnow.com/newsletter
October 22, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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Why wait until you’re dead? Living funerals are totally a thing! And if you’re near Louisville, you can join one that meditation teacher Leah Raidt and I are hosting on November 1!
#deathpositive #funeral
October 20, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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Perpetual burial is as American as apple pie. In other countries, people temporarily rent graves. Learn more in tomorrow's edition of The Columbarium. Sign up: deadparentswhatnow.com/newsletter

#deathpositive #newsletter #burial #funeral #cemetery #graveyard
Old-fashioned white and green text on a dark gray background reads: "While I understand that nobody wants their terrible landlord to follow them into the afterlife, I also get that limited burial space calls for a change in how we dispose of the dead." The Columbarium. deadparentswhatnow.com/newsletter
October 19, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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Living in Tennessee? Here are the legal methods of disposition in your state as of October 2026.

#deathpositive #deatheducation #funeral #burial #cremation #aquamation #humancomposting #greenburial #tennessee
An illustration of a ribcage is just visible above a black background. On top of that, green and white text reads: What can you do with a dead body in Tennessee? Traditional burial (check); Green burial (check); Fire cremation (check); Water cremation (check); Human composting (X); deadparentswhatnow.com
October 17, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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The perfect cartoon doesn't exi—

#deathpositive #puns
October 16, 2026 at 3:50 PM
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Gotta love the love, thanks @ernie.tedium.co! It helps his story is incredibly useful. If you're a creative, definitely give this one a read. 🖤 gravesite.media/p/your-websi...
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October 16, 2026 at 1:34 PM
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One of our goals when creating GraveSite was to make it a space for humor when reporting on death and the end of life. In our last HellFireside Chat, Becky Robison explains why humor has its place, and we hope this helps you feel seen, too. 🖤
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October 15, 2026 at 3:21 PM
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Mississippi: not too keen on cremations.

#mississippi #cremation #funeral #deathpositive #statistic
On a light gray background with light blue strokes that hint at watery waves, black text reads: Mississippi has the lowest cremation rate in the U.S. at 36.4%. Source: https://www.cremationassociation.org/industrystatistics.html. A blue circle sits behind the percentage. A cartoon skull with heart eyes atop a lime green heptagon sits above the text. In the corners are light blue and lime green brush stroke squiggles.
October 16, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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Reduce, reuse, recycle…your local graveyard? Reusing graves is common in other countries, and with the increasing popularity of green burial, it could be even easier to do. What do you think?

#deathpositive #cemetery #recycle
October 13, 2026 at 5:33 PM