The GFG Blog
2012Mar
Promessa UK Team moves in a new direction
Charles
Mar
29
7 comments
Press release issued this morning by Promessa UK and reproduced here word for word. Regrettably Promessa UK has decided for several reasons to sever all ties with Promessa Organic AB (Sweden). Promessa UK is not comfortable with the lack of progress in the development of Promession technology by Promessa
Way to go?
Charles
Mar
28
19 comments
All things pass. In twenty years from now we shan’t be doing funerals as we do them today. Another good reason for not buying a funeral plan. Incremental change, say a great many reformers, will bring this about. Eventually. It’s worth keeping a weather eye for radical change, too. A
Would you book doves for your funeral?
Charles
Mar
27
18 comments
Posted by Richard Rawlinson I’ve always associated the ritual of releasing white doves with Hello!-funded weddings between footballers and the singers in girl bands. They make a cute photo-op as they flutter from their gilded cage, perfectly colour-co-ordinating with the bride’s gown. They may symbolise love, peace and faith but,
When is a grave not a lifestyle accessory?
Charles
Mar
27
3 comments
A dead priest, buried in the grounds of the school he founded, is in danger of being dug up and moved so as not to be in the way of the school’s new owner. Father Jarzebowski, a Pole, bought the school in 1953 for fifty quid. There, he educated the
A community funeral society
Charles
Mar
27
5 comments
Posted by Charles I’ve always liked the idea of Viroqua, Wisconsin. It seems to be the hometown of a lot of very nice people, all four and a bit thousand of them. Viroqua was dubbed ‘The Town That Beat Walmart’ in 1992 because its small businesses are able to compete
Cherry blossoms
Charles
Mar
26
4 comments
Posted by Vale Blossom bursting from bare wood, old hearts crack open spring sunshine. There is something unlooked for in the pleasures of spring: light, warmth and the flush of blossom; a sudden generosity beyond expectation. Japan marks this annual marvel by holding blossom viewing parties. It’s part of a
What price value?
Charles
Mar
26
9 comments
Over at the Connnecting Directors website here there’s a rant by a funeral home consultant, Alan Creedy. In it, we see amusing similarities between the US funeral industry and our own: Why do funeral professionals spend so much time fighting among themselves and never fighting for themselves? … Why is so
Thoughts of a funeral-goer
Charles
Mar
23
3 comments
Posted by Lyra Mollington I’ve been rumbled. My grandson let it slip that I’m writing for the Good Funeral Guide. My sister Myra has just phoned me – and she seems to have forgotten that sarcasm is the lowest form of wit. M: Congratulations on your new hobby. What
Green cremation
Charles
Mar
22
2 comments
It’s interesting to see how Resomation is taking off in the US — green cremation, they call it. Great name. In addition to the eco credentials and the energy efficiency of these Resomators, we wonder how just how attractive to US undertakers, sorry, funeral directors, is the lovely whiteness of
