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Demystifying the bureaucracy of death & dying with a sense of humor. Find your niche in The Columbarium newsletter. PRE-ORDER THE BOOK NOW!💀

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My Parents Are Dead: What Now? @deadparentswhatnow.com · Jun 24
What’s this? My book is available for pre-order? Right now?!?! Grab MY PARENTS ARE DEAD: WHAT NOW? A PANIC-FREE GUIDE TO THE PRACTICALITIES OF DEATH wherever you buy books. Coming your way January 6 via @quirkbooks.bsky.social!
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The cover of the book MY PARENTS ARE DEAD: WHAT NOW? The title is printed on a silvery urn on a black background and is surrounded by green vines and white flowers
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The economy may be in shambles, but people are always going to die. Consider death work.

#deathpositive #deathwork #mortician #deathdoula #cemeteries
Dark gray stripes slash through a lighter gray background at angles. A gray coffin sits open in the center of the image. Black, green, and white text reads: How do I become a funeral director? Depends on the state! Some require college degrees, some don't Some require embalming instruction, some don't. Most require apprenticeships and licensing exams. deadparentswhatnow.com Dark gray stripes slash through a lighter gray background at angles. A gray coffin sits open in the center of the image. Black, green, and white text reads: How do I become a death doula? There are no federal or state licensing requirements. Theoretically you could just declare yourself a doula—but it’s best to take a training program from another doula or doula organization. deadparentswhatnow.com Dark gray stripes slash through a lighter gray background at angles. A gray coffin sits open in the center of the image. Black, green, and white text reads: How do I become a cemetery worker? Depends on the role and the preferences of the cemetery itself. Certain positions may have more academic or skill requirements than others. deadparentswhatnow.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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My book got a starred review from the @libraryjournal.bsky.social! 🌟 What an honor! “My Parents Are Dead: What Now? A Panic-Free Guide to the Practicalities of Death is coming your way via @quirkbooks.bsky.social this January. Read the review: www.libraryjournal.com/review/my-pa...
November 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Louisville! Our last DUE DATE: A LIBRARY DEATH SALON of the year will be on Monday, November 17—and we'll be joined by none other than author Amy Shea! We'll also be collecting sock donations for St. John Center. See you there? www.deadparentswhatnow.com/events/due-d...

#deathpositive #louisville
White and green typewriter text on a black background reads: Death is the great equalizer? Maybe not. Author Amy Shea teaches us to dance with death! For our November salon, we’re welcoming Amy Shea, author of the book Too Poor to Die: The Hidden Realities of Dying in the Margins. Amy will lead us in some discussions and writing exercises about death inequity inspired by the classic imagery of “the dance of death.” There will be books for sale, cool swag, and maybe even some baked goods. Plus, we’re collecting men’s crew length sock donations for St. John Center! Due Date: A Library Death Salon. Louisville Free Public Library. South Central Regional Branch, Monday, November 17, 2025 at 6 p.m. Note the new date, time, and location! Below is the logo of My Parents Are Dead: What Now? featuring a cartoon skull with heart eyes atop a lime green hexagon.
November 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Tomorrow is Veterans Day, so the newsletter will be covering the tomb(s) of the unknown soldier(s). Sign up: deadparentswhatnow.com/newsletter

#newsletter #deathpositive #VeteransDay #unknownsoldier #cemeteries
Old-fashioned black text on a lime green background reads: Arlington’s Tomb of the Unknown Soldier isn’t the only one in the world. In fact, it’s not even the first. The Columbarium. deadparentswhatnow.com/newsletter
November 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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If you live in Vermont, you may be able to submit a small estate affidavit or use summary probate if your estate is worth less than $45,000. Search your county + "small estate" online.

#estatelaw #willsandtrusts #deathpositive #vermont #smallestate #DeathEducation #estateplanning
A black rectangle with white scribbles in the upper-left and lower-right corners. In green and white text, it reads: Vermont! Your current small estate threshold is $45,000. If an estate is worth less than this amount, you may not need to go through probate court. Double check with a lawyer! deadparentswhatnow.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Writing an obituary sucks. Writing a eulogy sucks. Writing a will sucks. Let me help: www.deadparentswhatnow.com/death-writin...

#workbook #workbooks #writingguide #eulogy #obituary #estateplanning #products #deathpositive
At the top is the logo of My Parents Are Dead: What Now? - A cartoon skeleton with heart eyes atop a lime green heptagon. Below, lime green and black text reads: Death sucks. Let me help. Workbooks available for download: > My parents are dead, and I need to write an obituary > My parents are dead, and I need to write a eulogy > How to make a last will & testament for cool people deadparentswhatnow.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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@iwriteok.bsky.social On today’s Behind the Bastards, you asked how much it cost to freeze your head vs. your whole body when Alcor. I just wrote a newsletter about this, and it’s less than you think! $80k for head, $220k for whole body. Even less if you make them your life insurance beneficiary. 🙃
November 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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There's still time to register for the Memento Mori workshop this weekend, featuring a death meditation and living funeral ritual! Fees are sliding scale. Sign up, Louisville: www.earthandspiritcenter.org/class/mement...

#deathpositive #meditation #louisville #livingfuneral #workshop
Dark gray flowers blossom on a lighter gray background. Blue and black text advertises an event called Memento Mori: A Death Meditation and Living Funeral Ritual. It takes place on November 8, 2025 from 10am-12pm at the Passionist Earth & Spirit Center in Louisville, Kentucky.
November 6, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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You, too, can learn how to shroud a body in six easy steps! (1/7)

#deathpositive #greenburial #naturalburial
On a white background surrounded by black footprints and dotted lines is the black outline of a body with its arms folded over its chest. Retro text above and below reads: Come on, baby, let's do The Shroud! Learn how to shroud a body in six easy steps. The logo for My Parents Are Dead: What Now? is in the lower left corner: a cartoon skull with heart eyes atop a lime green heptagon.
November 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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The Las Vegas Funeral. I think it’s gonna be big.

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November 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Can establishing a cemetery stop pipeline construction? Find out in tomorrow’s edition of The Columbarium. Sign up: deadparentswhatnow.com/newsletter

#deathpositive #cemeteries #environmentalactivism #newsletter
Old fashioned green and black text on a white background reads: if you’re trying to stop fossil fuel companies from destroying your neck of the woods, your greatest allies may be the dead. The Columbarium. Deadparentswhatnow.com/newsletter
November 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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If you live in Utah, you may be able to submit a small estate affidavit or use summary probate if your estate is worth less than $100,000. Search your county + "small estate affidavit" online.

#estatelaw #willsandtrusts #deathpositive #utah #smallestate #DeathEducation #estateplanning
A white rectangle with black scribbles in the upper-left and lower-right corners. In green and black text, it reads: Utah! Your current small estate threshold is $100,000. If an estate is worth less than this amount, you may not need to go through probate court. Double check with a lawyer! deadparentswhatnow.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Are my parents dead in real life? Yes. Do I love horror movies featuring dead parents? Also yes. For Halloween, here are some of my favorites. 🎃

#deathpositive #horrormovies #halloween #horror
In the center of a black background is a screenshot of a young girl with a nosebleed holding a creepy rabbit doll toward the camera. Above, orange text reads CAVEAT (2020). Below, white text reads: By the time Isaac arrives to watch over Olga, she’s lost both her parents. But don’t worry. They’re still close to home. Maybe too close, actually. A skeletal hand beckons readers to the next slide. In the center of a black background is a screenshot of a female black and white corpse with desiccated eyes and a mouth full of teeth. Above, orange text reads PSYCHO (1960). Below, white text reads: A dead parents classic! Normally I’d say there’s no wrong way to grieve, but dressing up as your deceased mother and murdering motel guests probably isn’t healthy.  A skeletal hand beckons readers to the next slide. In the center of a black background is a screenshot of two women facing each other, a horned, shaggy goat-like creature rising behind them. Above, orange text reads ALUCARDA (1977). Below, white text reads: The over-the-top maximalism of 70s horror films isn’t for everyone—but it is for me. In this Mexican flick, two orphans get into plenty of bloody, Satanic trouble, even with all the nuns keeping watch.  A skeletal hand beckons readers to the next slide. In the center of a black background is a screenshot of a young woman and a young, undead man sitting awkwardly next to each other in bed. Above, orange text reads LISA FRANKENSTEIN (2024). Below, white text reads: It sucks when your mom gets axe murdered and your dad marries a narcissist, right? At least you have your undead boyfriend to keep you company. Below that, green text reads: dealing with dead parents IRL? Visit deadparentswhatnow.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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They literally voted for it at a meeting. A meeting that took place in Louisville, no less! My home!

#deathpositive #history #etymology #mortician #funeral
A skull with heart eyes hovers over a lime green heptagon at the top of a light gray rectangle. Dark gray text below reads: Mortician (noun). A portmanteau of “mortuary” and “physician,” this term was coined by funeral professionals in 1895 because they thought it sounded fancier than “undertaker.” deadparentswhatnow.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Dr. Taberger's wasn't the only coffin bell system. And it wasn't perfect. As the corpse decayed, it moved, causing the bell to ring even though the person inside the grave was extremely dead.

#deathpositive #history #cemetery #cemeteries #coffinbell #buriedalive
On a dark gray background sprinkled with dirt, a skeletal hand reaches upward, a string tied to its finger. That string reaches to a bell above. Green and white text around this image reads: Funeral fun fact - Coffin bells were real! In 1829, Dr. Johann Gottfried Taberger designed a bell system. He attached strings to corpses' heads, hands, and feet. The strings attached to bells to alert the cemetery watchman. deadparentswhatnow.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Paris isn't the only place with catacombs, okay?!?! In tomorrow's newsletter, we'll celebrate early Halloween by exploring catacombs around the world. Sign up: deadparentswhatnow.com/newsletter

#deathpositive #newsletter #catacombs #halloween
Old fashioned white and green text on a dark gray background reads: It's hard to celebrate Halloween when I'm constantly writing about death, but I figured catacombs might be a seasonally appropriate topic. The Columbarium. deadparentswhatnow.com/newsletter
October 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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If you live in Texas, you may be able to submit a small estate affidavit or use summary probate if your estate is worth less than $75,000. Search your county + "small estate" online.

#estatelaw #willsandtrusts #deathpositive #texas #smallestate #DeathEducation #estateplanning
A black rectangle with white scribbles in the upper-left and lower-right corners. In green and white text, it reads: Texas! Your current small estate threshold is $75,000. If an estate is worth less than this amount, you may not need to go through probate court. Double check with a lawyer! deadparentswhatnow.com
October 26, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Write your own obituary. It's happening again. But this time, it's happening online. Join my first-ever virtual workshop, won't you? www.deadparentswhatnow.com/store/p/writ...

#deathpositive #OnlineWorkshop #obituary
A cartoon skull with heart eyes atop a lime green hexagon is surrounded by the words My Parents Are Dead: What Now? A speech bubble emerges from its mouth: Write your own obituary! Below, white and green text reads: An online workshop. Why should the dead have all the fun? Tell your own story. Hype yourself up. Find out what's most important to you. November 12, 2025 | 7-9pm ET | $15. Register: deadparentswhatnow.com/events
October 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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October 23, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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It's a lot harder to grab a relevant quote for these posts when I'm listening to an audiobook. But at least I found one I agree with wholeheartedly. Check out ALL THE LIVING AND THE DEAD to learn more about the people who work with death and dying every day. bookshop.org/a/116176/978... #amreading
White and green text on a speckled gray background reads: "I believe an interest in death is not just for the morbid." - Hayley Campbell, All the Living and the Dead
October 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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No offense to estate lawyers but have you considered entering the haunted house industry?

#deathpositive #estateplanning #spookyseason
October 22, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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DUE DATE: A LIBRARY DEATH SALON is closing out 2025 with a bang! Join me at @lfpl.bsky.social this Thursday to celebrate spooky season with the horrors of estate law. And on November 17, author Amy Shea will be visiting! See you there.

#deathpositive #louisville
Green text on a black background reads: DUE DATE - A LIBRARY DEATH SALON. October 7-8 p.m. November 6-7 p.m. at the LFPL Main Library in Louisville, facilitated by writer and death doula Becky Robison. In the center is an image of an old-fashioned library borrower's card, featuring columns for date due and borrower's name. But this one is labeled with UPCOMING SESSIONS: 10/23 - Estate law is spoooooky! 11/17 - Dance with death and Amy Shea. An explanation on the side reads: Somewhere between a workshop, a support group, and a weird party, these monthly death salons will help you come face to face with the Grim Reaper—and maybe even befriend him. White and green typewriter text on a black background reads: Death is the great equalizer? Maybe not. Author Amy Shea teaches us to dance with death! For our November salon, we’re welcoming Amy Shea, author of the book Too Poor to Die: The Hidden Realities of Dying in the Margins. Amy will lead us in some discussions and writing exercises about death inequity inspired by the classic imagery of “the dance of death.” There will be books for sale, cool swag, and maybe even some baked goods. Plus, we’re collecting men’s crew length sock donations for St. John Center! Due Date: A Library Death Salon. Louisville Free Public Library South Central Regional Branch
October 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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A trade card for Richard Middleton featuring a black coffin and undertakers.
October 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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This candidate for "understatement of the year" comes from tomorrow's edition of The Columbarium, where we'll discuss spendthrift clauses. Sign up: deadparentswhatnow.com/newsletter

#newsletter #spendthrift #spendthriftclause #estateplanning #willsandtrusts #deathpositive
Old fashioned black text on a lime green background reads: Sometimes, beneficiaries are not very good with money. The Columbarium. deadparentswhatnow.com/newsletter
October 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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If you live in Tennessee, you may be able to submit a small estate affidavit or use summary probate if your estate is worth less than $50,000. Search your county + "small estate affidavit" online.

#estatelaw #willsandtrusts #deathpositive #tennessee #smallestate #DeathEducation #estateplanning
A white rectangle with black scribbles in the upper-left and lower-right corners. In green and black text, it reads: Tennessee! Your current small estate threshold is $50,000. If an estate is worth less than this amount, you may not need to go through probate court. Double check with a lawyer! deadparentswhatnow.com
October 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM