When a pet dies.

 In a perfect world my pets and I would die at the same time so we could cross the Rainbow Bridge together.

Not Grief Support

Please go no further if you are currently in a state of grief. There are other sites and local help wherever you are.

OH CAITLIN!

I like Caitlin Doughty, the lady undertaker, more all the time. She cracks me up.    If I were in California I would want her to do her thing with my remains.  Caveat: No doubt there are many who find her inappropriate .  Or worse. If you don't like it, don't read it.

When I go ...

Sometimes I think I should reverse my decision to have no service when I "pop off" as the British say.  What a spectacle, what a grand production it would be. Four hours long with breaks along the way. It would be in our downtown theater. Live organ music, wildly eclectic recorded music.  Videos of my glorious career in radio and public life.  Free copies of all the marvelous writing I turned out, including those that got rejected and censored.  But wait!  There's more. After a pause for station identification.  I am getting an idea for a digital gravestone. Wait a minute.  That means I would need a grave .  I must rethink the whole thing.

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You say this is inappropiate? Death is a serious thing? If you make it to 90 you might enjoy being inappropriate about a lot of things. That includes your own mortality.

Holy Water?

I am too old to be living in this century.  I had a hard time getting used to it when family members brought their bottled water into the funeral chapel.

Not funny, you say?

OK, so my idea of fun is weird.  I find it fun to think about the reaction when I shuffle off this mortal coil and it's announced that there will no service.  Some will be relieved because they don't like funerals. Others will be disappointed. They have already composed the things they want to get up and say about me. Maybe one or two old folks wish for a traditional Christian service.  I just attended one of those.  We sang "Jesus Love Me."  It was sweet.  It was appropriate for the deceased, friends and family. That's what matters. It's not my business or your business to tell anybody how they should deal with death.
The way we deal with it is a funny thing.  OK,  maybe not funny. But interesting.