The GFG Blog
2010Apr
Promising them the moon
Charles
Apr
01
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Disturbing reports about China reach me from a contact in the US Pentagon who, for reasons which will become apparent, I cannot identify. The victory of the Communist Party in China marked a clean break with the past, a reinvention of the nation. But some traditions just wouldn’t lie down
2010Mar
Sense and sustainability
Charles
Mar
31
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Reindeer grazing at Usk Castle Chase natural burial ground, which is managed by Native Woodland Natural Burial Sites Cynthia Beal heads up the Natural Burial Company in the United States. She’s a friend of many in this country. This blog is her most ardent admirer. Before becoming a green burialist
It could never happen over here?
Charles
Mar
30
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Terrific tale here from Poland of warring undertakers bribing doctors and paramedics to kill patients and deliver them to the funeral home of the highest bidder. It’s reckoned that the number of murdered patients may be 20,000. It lasts over an hour, it’s gripping stuff and it’s beautifully filmed. Are
Paul’s Epistle to the Bypassers
Charles
Mar
29
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Paul Sinclair is best known in the world of funerals as the man who heads up Motorcycle Funerals and offers what, with characteristic self-deprecation, he describes as “the most professional, thrilling and coveted motorcycle hearse in the world.” A coldly objective appraisal shows this claim shows to be an understatement.
Last-chance snap
Charles
Mar
29
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Sweet story here from Georgia, USA recounted in the Monticello News: A cousin of mine, Larry Lynch, was in college with a young man from deep south Georgia in the “piney woods” section of our state. The young man told of the death of his grandfather several years back. When
What are we missing?!
Charles
Mar
29
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The availability of personalization features that reflect and honor individual lifestyles … life symbols designs add a distinct touch to the casket … embroidered tribute panels … the Memory®Safe Drawer encourages family to participate … important for expressing your loved one’s individuality … many times a particular species of wood
Simon Smith’s way-out playlist
Charles
Mar
26
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It’s got to be a baby boomer thing, has it, this new wave of funeral directors whose most distinguishing characteristic is that they are nothing like (old school) funeral directors? Not necessarily. I can think of some who have not come fresh to funeral directing in middle age. This is
Celebrancy opportunity
Charles
Mar
26
4 comments
Here is a possibly inspiring tale from a celebrant in the south-east. She has asked me to withhold her name and email address because she simply won’t have time to correspond if lots of people want to contact her. Hi Charles You have quite often written about celebrants and recently