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Look ma, I’m on TV!
I am so excited and humbled that Kyung B. Yoon from CUNY TV found Aeon Woods’ story compelling enough to do an interview for the Asian American Life segment! Here we are along with cameraman Mike, who himself is very… Continue reading
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We are official!
I needed this validation from a bureaucratic body today! C’mon, let me bury your body! Continue reading
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Stars over Brooklyn
I attended Silent Book Club of Death – Brooklyn tonight and experienced 3 of my favorite things: 1) Reading without the pressure to discuss the book (The Hour of Our Death, by Philippe Aries), 2) saw like FIVE stars! Or… Continue reading
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In Step
I had an amazing conversation with Anna from Fitting Tribute Funerals, and this memory came up as I was searching to explain my “why” for a cemetery. I’ve had fun, deeply connective experiences visiting ancestral graves during trip to Korea,… Continue reading
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Guardian of the Microfiche
I would look as haughty too, if I were the only microfiche game in town! I’m doing research on grant-giving foundations (unfortunately not on microfiche, just boring old library internet) – but if you NEED someone to look something up… Continue reading
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cold day, hot tip
10% of Americans visit their loved ones’ graves, and we have a hot tip for you 10%ers. A fresh snow is gorgeous in any landscape, but if you desire to find a specific grave, consider a different day to visit!… Continue reading
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Crash and Burn
Here’s a half-hearted attempt to get AI to create a loving, humanity-evoking image of a funeral procession. Every detail is so wrong that it’s gone around the earth and back to perfect? Why WOULDN’T you play an accordion and violin simultaneously? Continue reading
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Heartwood & Jealousy
My first visit to a Green Burial Council certified conservation cemetery!! Heartwood Preserve in Florida was beautiful and so different from the cemeteries in other climates. Much jealousy for well draining soil as I “shop” for cemetery land in NY. So much clay… Continue reading
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On a journey
Shopping for cemetery land is a bizarre state of mind…“is this a good place to bury a body?” I am anxiously doing mental soil analysis of every patch of dirt in my line of sight, despite my expertise ending at… Continue reading
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Origin Story Part Deux
HK visited her uncle’s grave ~weekly for a period of time when living in LA, particularly during her second pregnancy. He passed before she was born but is the only relative they have buried in the US. Anytime anything goofy… Continue reading
