Jul 31, 2020 | Children, Death a Love Project, Grief and bereavement, Memorial, Remembering, Ritual
Oh I wish I had a tattoo! Even though my parents died before I even thought of having one, they would have been scandalised! If I had got one it’d have been by ex de Medici. She practised in Canberra. Now a celebrated artist with work in major collections, her work...
Sep 24, 2019 | Death a Love Project, Memorial, Remembering, Ritual
I recently published ‘Death, a love project, a guide to exploring the life in death and finding the way together.’ Feels like a good time to re-publish the post that started it all! I published this post back in April 2016 and the idea of ‘love...
Aug 1, 2019 | Death a Love Project, Facilitation, Remembering, Services
‘A life affirming book about death’ says a reader of my book ‘Death, a Love Project’ on Twitter. After spending a couple of years writing it I’m appreciating the feedback readers are sending through and posting on social media. Extraordinary crazy...
Feb 8, 2019 | Memorial, Poetry, Remembering, Ritual
I took away three lessons for a great ceremony on Monday evening this week. Hundreds of people headed to the Exhibition Buildings after work. Ten years on the Victorian Government was holding a ceremony to honour the victims and survivors of the 2009 bushfires. Yes,...
Oct 10, 2017 | Health, Remembering, Ritual
In residential aged care facilities staff see people they’ve got to know pass away. It’s how it is. In some organisations they will get the opportunity to go to the funeral. But what are other common practices at the time of residents’ deaths? How do they...
Jan 24, 2017 | Death a Love Project, Death conversation, Remembering
The December January summer break is a time when the psyche can take its own direction. I find that satisfying. Things build up through the year, and then there’s space to sort it all out. This summer I was so happy. I got letters, both with interesting enclosures....
