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It's become something of dogma that grief will follow a standard trajectory: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. But it's entirely…
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An organic farm outside Ashland plans to open the Oregon’s first modern natural burial ground this spring.The Willow-Witt Ranch grows vegetables for local…
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Will you hear music when you die? Forget the after-life implications, that's an Earth-bound question. And the answer is yes, if you want it. Music…
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Have you thought much about what will happen to your body when you die? In this time of increasing interest in green burials, there are alternatives to…
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We don't have to like death, but we do have to accept it. Any life will include some grief, and that's why WinterSpring exists. The Medford-based…
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We don't like to think about death. And that's a problem when the event approaches and we've made no plans. It takes some advance thinking to stay healthy…
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Even the happiest life can end in a hospital bed, lit by fluorescent lights. Which is not how most people say they would like to go. So speak up now, says…
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It gives some people great comfort to think that they will see their long-gone loved ones again, in another place. Michael Shermer is not inclined to…
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Reading all the books about handling death and grief may not prepare people for tending to a person in their final days. Ashland authors Katie Ortlip and…
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Most of us will not meet a funeral director until someone we know and love has already died.It does not have to be that way, and organizations like the…
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You're familiar with the role of a midwife: assist mothers-to-be with bringing their children into the world. But the ancient role of midwife has been…
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We all lose someone to death sometime. That knowledge does not really help with the grief, though. Words of comfort can... the kind that Ashland's Susanne…
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We all have a beginning and an end. We just don't like to talk about the end of life very much. Katy Butler wrote about facing her father's impending…
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There's no getting around grief. If someone we love dies, we're going to feel it somehow, sooner or later. Ashlander Jack Wiens wanted to provide an…