Posts Tagged ‘Death’

Recipes from Heaven: A Celebration of Life for Janice on Julia Child’s Birthday

A Girlfriend Dies But Her Spirit Lives On Through Her Love: How Will You and I Be Remembered? I am just now able to write to you after the loss of one of my very dearest, long-time friends. For the last many weeks, life as usual just wasn’t. Rather than extend myself outward to the […]

HAPPY HALLOWEEN: DAY OF THE DEAD TRADITIONS

MEXICO CELEBRATES THE ANCESTORS   Altar to the Ancestors    While in the U.S., death can evoke fear and avoidance, in Mexico  Dia de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is  a grand annual celebration on November 1st and 2nd. Skeletons are everywhere: sculptures, paper cuts outs, and sugar skulls painted in vibrant colors.  I […]

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