by Kyle Tevlin | Jul 6, 2017 | alternative containers, Cremains, Cremation, Funny death, Life celebration, Urns
People often joke about ashes in coffee cans. Why joke when you can have the real thing? Don’t settle for a can from your cabinet when you get this little beauty from Archie McPhee. It’s both economical and entertaining. For those who don’t take life...
by Kyle Tevlin | Jun 16, 2017 | Life celebration, Personalized funeral, Planning your own funerals, Pre-planning funeral, Preplanning your funeral
There’s really no lack of people who want a creative sendoff. Lots of you have great ideas, bold ideas, and some kinda quirky ideas for your final farewell. We especially love the quirky, and there is no too quirky, just so you know. But I observe a disconnect...
by Kyle Tevlin | Jun 9, 2017 | Life celebration, Personalized funeral, Planning your own funerals, Pre-planning funeral
It’s easy to get overwhelmed pondering a whole new way of doing funerals. As one person, with a smidge of visible fright recently said, “Hey, it’s not like I’m an event planner here.” It’s one thing to appreciate the idea of creative new...
by Kyle Tevlin | Jun 1, 2017 | Life celebration, Personalized funeral, Planning your own funerals, Preplanning your funeral
Acknowledgement to Mary Oliver The Summer Day by Mary Oliver Who made the world? Who made the swan, and the black bear? Who made the grasshopper? This grasshopper, I mean- the one who has flung herself out of the grass, the one who is eating sugar out of my hand, who...
by Kyle Tevlin | May 26, 2017 | Life celebration, Planning your own funerals, Pre-planning funeral, Preplanning your funeral
Greetings fun funeral fans! New Insight Thursday and confirmation of how the circle of life is so encompassing. It’s magnificent how nothing occurs in a vacuum; any given action can be a boon to something seemingly unrelated. Existing Observation: A side effect...
by Kyle Tevlin | May 18, 2017 | Acceptance of death, alternative containers, columbarium, Cremains, Life celebration, niches for cremains
To counteract last week’s gloomy post, we’re going to the other end of the spectrum today: Color! Tie-dye! Hippie culture! A 1960s Volkswagon bus turned into a columbarium. (Columbarium – a room or building with niches for funeral urns to be stored.)...
