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January 5, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Hosting an event about death or grief? Submit it to our community events calendar! Whether it be a death cafe, a workshop related to sitting with grief, cemetery tour, a class on home funerals, and more. It’s free to submit and find events!
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When the dead visit you in dreams it isn’t always pleasant 😂
Fruma-Sarah from Fiddler on the Roof is nothing less than iconic. What are some of your favorite ghosts and spectres on screen?
From Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Fruma-Sarah from Fiddler on the Roof is nothing less than iconic. What are some of your favorite ghosts and spectres on screen?
From Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
January 4, 2026 at 4:28 PM
When the dead visit you in dreams it isn’t always pleasant 😂
Fruma-Sarah from Fiddler on the Roof is nothing less than iconic. What are some of your favorite ghosts and spectres on screen?
From Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Fruma-Sarah from Fiddler on the Roof is nothing less than iconic. What are some of your favorite ghosts and spectres on screen?
From Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
What do you want your obituary to say? What kind of life do you hope is reflected in those words? How do you want to be remembered?
January 2, 2026 at 4:39 PM
What do you want your obituary to say? What kind of life do you hope is reflected in those words? How do you want to be remembered?
What are you burying in 2025? What are you letting die at the end of this calendar year?
Image: Vasilisa at the Hut of Baba Yaga by Ivan Bilibin
Image: Vasilisa at the Hut of Baba Yaga by Ivan Bilibin
December 31, 2025 at 10:35 PM
What are you burying in 2025? What are you letting die at the end of this calendar year?
Image: Vasilisa at the Hut of Baba Yaga by Ivan Bilibin
Image: Vasilisa at the Hut of Baba Yaga by Ivan Bilibin
Why are winter burials different in colder locations, such as areas in Canada and the Northern United States? Learn all about the history of dead houses here!
Dead Houses: Burying the Dead in Frozen Ground
Have you ever wondered how it is possible to dig a 6ft grave when the ground is frozen solid? In the dead of winter, what do we do with our dead?
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December 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Why are winter burials different in colder locations, such as areas in Canada and the Northern United States? Learn all about the history of dead houses here!
Can you name these famous poets and writers (who I can only assume imagined that their works would one day be paired with Japanese mascots getting stuck on their commutes)?
December 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Can you name these famous poets and writers (who I can only assume imagined that their works would one day be paired with Japanese mascots getting stuck on their commutes)?
Brew yourself a warm drink, light a fire in the hearth, and curl up with your loved ones as we share the history of telling ghost stories at Christmastime.
Christmas Zombies, Spirits and Goblins: The Dark and Chilling History of Ghost Stories at Christmastime
The days are getting shorter in the Northern Hemisphere, and December 21st will be the longest night of the year. Many of our readers will associate this time of year with Christmas…
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December 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Brew yourself a warm drink, light a fire in the hearth, and curl up with your loved ones as we share the history of telling ghost stories at Christmastime.
Have you ever participated in an ice candle ceremony? Many cold-weather places claim the invention of ice candles or ice lanterns, while it is probably an instance of simultaneous invention. Regardless, ice candles continue to be in many winter rituals around the world- especially for cemeteries.
December 23, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Have you ever participated in an ice candle ceremony? Many cold-weather places claim the invention of ice candles or ice lanterns, while it is probably an instance of simultaneous invention. Regardless, ice candles continue to be in many winter rituals around the world- especially for cemeteries.
"It’s December. You step out for a walk and immediately sense something different from the busy world you left behind...You realize this peace comes from the simple fact that nearly everything is dead. You are walking through a temporary graveyard, a landscape in the midst of necessary dying."
December 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
"It’s December. You step out for a walk and immediately sense something different from the busy world you left behind...You realize this peace comes from the simple fact that nearly everything is dead. You are walking through a temporary graveyard, a landscape in the midst of necessary dying."
Long time readers of TalkDeath will recognize that we typically put together a ‘Best Popular Media and Death and Grief’ guide around this time of year. But this year we’re doing things a little differently!
December 12, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Long time readers of TalkDeath will recognize that we typically put together a ‘Best Popular Media and Death and Grief’ guide around this time of year. But this year we’re doing things a little differently!
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The poet Emily Dickinson was born #OTD 10 December 1830.
'Because I could not stop for Death
He kindly stopped for me
The Carriage held but just Ourselves
And Immortality'
A shrouded skeleton and hourglass on the 1640 Crosby pew, Little Barningham, Norfolk, a modern replica of one stolen in 1995.
'Because I could not stop for Death
He kindly stopped for me
The Carriage held but just Ourselves
And Immortality'
A shrouded skeleton and hourglass on the 1640 Crosby pew, Little Barningham, Norfolk, a modern replica of one stolen in 1995.
December 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The poet Emily Dickinson was born #OTD 10 December 1830.
'Because I could not stop for Death
He kindly stopped for me
The Carriage held but just Ourselves
And Immortality'
A shrouded skeleton and hourglass on the 1640 Crosby pew, Little Barningham, Norfolk, a modern replica of one stolen in 1995.
'Because I could not stop for Death
He kindly stopped for me
The Carriage held but just Ourselves
And Immortality'
A shrouded skeleton and hourglass on the 1640 Crosby pew, Little Barningham, Norfolk, a modern replica of one stolen in 1995.
The holiday season can be an especially painful time for those who are grieving the loss of a loved one. As a time of year that is marked by celebration and joy, knowing how to engage with and express your grief can be very difficult.
December 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The holiday season can be an especially painful time for those who are grieving the loss of a loved one. As a time of year that is marked by celebration and joy, knowing how to engage with and express your grief can be very difficult.
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What can death care learn from disability justice? talkdeath.com/what-death-c...
What Death Care Can Learn From Disability Justice
Disability Justice’s approach can provide death care with the necessary tools to reckon with the complex and overlapping issues faced at the end-of-life.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
What can death care learn from disability justice? talkdeath.com/what-death-c...
Epidemie (Epidemic) by Alfred Kubin from 1901.
November 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Epidemie (Epidemic) by Alfred Kubin from 1901.
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Eternal Silence in the snow, this morning at Graceland Cemetery
November 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Eternal Silence in the snow, this morning at Graceland Cemetery
Our latest article written by guest writer Radiana Piț explores the important roles women have held with funerary rites and rituals in rural Romania. You can read it here 🌿 talkdeath.com/women-at-the...
Women at the Threshold: Guiding the Dead, Guarding the Living
In rural Romania, women lead the way through death just as they do through birth and life. As midwives usher new life into the world, elder women are entrusted with guiding the soul out of it.
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November 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Our latest article written by guest writer Radiana Piț explores the important roles women have held with funerary rites and rituals in rural Romania. You can read it here 🌿 talkdeath.com/women-at-the...
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whattaya say we turn this funeral house into a funeral home
November 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM
whattaya say we turn this funeral house into a funeral home
Bundle up with some TalkDeath merch! 20% off all TalkDeath Merch Nov 26- Dec 2❄️U.S. enforced tariffs are driving small Canadian companies out of business- We are so grateful for those who have still been able to support us through merch sales and appreciate your patience with longer shipping times
November 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Bundle up with some TalkDeath merch! 20% off all TalkDeath Merch Nov 26- Dec 2❄️U.S. enforced tariffs are driving small Canadian companies out of business- We are so grateful for those who have still been able to support us through merch sales and appreciate your patience with longer shipping times
Some Dolly for your weekend
November 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Some Dolly for your weekend
“Today, the rigid view of a binary biological sex (male and female) and the vitriol of hatred aimed at the LGBTQ+ community is plain to see. While the hatred is unjustified, the cornerstone of the argument around ‘only’/’real’ men and women is fundamentally incorrect. "
November 20, 2025 at 5:19 PM
“Today, the rigid view of a binary biological sex (male and female) and the vitriol of hatred aimed at the LGBTQ+ community is plain to see. While the hatred is unjustified, the cornerstone of the argument around ‘only’/’real’ men and women is fundamentally incorrect. "
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#TheVIctorianBookoftheDead A paper shroud for Baby: 1899
thevictorianbookofthedead.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/a... [Alert: The original post is headed by a child's post-mortem photograph, which may be upsetting to some readers.]
#WorldChildrensDay
thevictorianbookofthedead.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/a... [Alert: The original post is headed by a child's post-mortem photograph, which may be upsetting to some readers.]
#WorldChildrensDay
November 20, 2025 at 2:27 PM
#TheVIctorianBookoftheDead A paper shroud for Baby: 1899
thevictorianbookofthedead.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/a... [Alert: The original post is headed by a child's post-mortem photograph, which may be upsetting to some readers.]
#WorldChildrensDay
thevictorianbookofthedead.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/a... [Alert: The original post is headed by a child's post-mortem photograph, which may be upsetting to some readers.]
#WorldChildrensDay
If you plan to have a headstone one day, what symbol do you want on it? 🪦
November 18, 2025 at 9:45 PM
If you plan to have a headstone one day, what symbol do you want on it? 🪦
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November 10, 2025 at 8:06 AM