What a life and what a way. to go!
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I'm pleased to be heading to Doula Palooza in New Orleans October 10-12. There is so much richness and comfort in this teaching. A lot of Boomers will soon need to depart the planet, and they will need the company of others.

The wealth of resources here is a reflection of the generosity of the folks behind this website. You can receive an education in VSED from this website and hear the family stories. There are people who will do their best to answer your questions. Full disclosure: I'm one of them.

This is a brave and bracing book, just out, that dives into the experience of the caregiver when husband and wife have decided on Minimal Feeding in advance and prioritize staying at home, despite the ruthless progression of dementia. Dr. Thorn's website and talk are generous with free material.

Catherine Goodwin on Medium responded: Perry's argument does not add up. If the problem is younger people with health conditions wanting to commit suicide because of medical debt, the problem is not MAID, it's the inadequacy of the health care system.

This British Writer starts off by calling MAID assisted suicide, which created quite a stir, though it's interesting to see the arguments created in the face of decreasing population rates, even if they are fallacious.

I'm going literary this week! Kristen Arnett at LitHub is like the Dear Abby of Writers Groups or literary friendships, every snarky question you'd never get to air elsewhere. Such fun!
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This website lists all the states where MAID is currently legal. Useful to those seeking it.

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This article takes you into the controversy of MAID laws in Canada, particularly the establishment of a second track that allows for mental illness to be approved as a condition.

This Australian photographer was "fascinated by people who wanted to end their lives, long before Victoria became the first Australian state to introduce voluntary assisted dying (VAD) in 2017.

I believe that persons with mental illness, including depression, should have the right to MAID, but this goes to the heart of the controversy. "Instead of investing in the infrastructure of support for the lonely, the depressed, the disabled and the poor, we offer them a prescription for death."

This week, the NYTimes gave us a creative way to memorize a poem, bringing forth both music and mood with "Recuerdo" by Edna St. Vincent Millay. Lots of writers did their part. And good for the brain! I hope they do more poems like this!

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Indie lit is my life. Gotta love Wendy J. Fox who keeps us up to date on the good stuff.

I think this journal is unusual for publishing writing about "the landscapes of faith and imagination." They just rejected me, but I love them anyway!

www.reliefjournal.com

This photo of two beloveds who chose to go together really touched me. Their son took the portrait. The Netherlands enabled them to die together. How enlightened.

Sharing a new interview! My essay, "Blank Spaces, Black Frames," won the 2025 Rico Prize for Nonfiction from Reed Magazine, and they interviewed me about my mother’s decision to voluntarily stop eating and drinking rather than enter assisted living during Covid 19.