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Smart Cremation For A Dumb Client

August 13, 2018
by Caroline Miller
" death, AARP, cremations, Emily Dickinson, middle age, prearranged burials
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When I turned 39, I received my first letter from AARP.  Looking down at the envelope, I was stunned.  Me?  Middle Aged?  There’d been a mistake. If my response seemed melodramatic, then, imagine how I reacted when a crematorium invited me to lunch, recently. My heart stopped.
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Good Housekeeping Gives Death No Stamp of Approval

March 08, 2018
by Caroline Miller
" death, Death Comes for the Archbisop, Good Housekeeping, The Ultimate fee-good bone booster, Willa Cather
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On the way to the gym at my retirement center, there’s a table with a small basket resting on it.  Sometimes the basket is empty.  Sometimes it isn’t  When it isn’t, it’s full of condolence cards addressed to the family of a resident who has died.  As yet I know so few peo
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Going Without Fanfare Into That Good Night

August 21, 2017
by Caroline Miller
" death, Evelyn Waugh, funeral fashion, funerals, funerals as the last place to mourn, grim rituals, The Loved One
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When I wrote the latest version of my will, my attorney noted I’d made no provisions for my ashes.  Nonplussed, I asked, “Doesn’t the funeral parlor dump them?” As the deceased-to-be, my lawyer’s question struck me as impertinent.  I don’t pay taxes once I’m dead.  Wh
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Lost To The World

December 10, 2013
by Caroline Miller
" death, "Our Town", dying, Thorton Wilder
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The Nightmare
I met a friend for coffee at a neighborhood shop last week. We hadn’t gotten together for some time and I’d missed our chats. The minute she walked through the door I could see the malaise that hung about her. Outwardly, she looked well. Her hair was recently trimmed and she was s
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Liar or Truth Teller?

March 27, 2013
by Caroline Miller
" death, "Lady Chats, Jane Juska
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old woman and child walking
Last month, my mother celebrated her 97th birthday. As a special treat, an acquaintance, the proprietor of a restaurant, offered to prepare a special meal in honor of the event. I thought it would be a wonderful treat, but as they say, no good deed goes unpunished. When the proprietor
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