Something for the weekend
We’ve had a request for what follows, and we don’t turn down requests here at the GFG, not on any grounds. If you’ve heard this one before, rejoice for all those who haven’t. An elderly Irishman lay dying in his bed. While suffering the agonies of impending death he suddenly smelled the aroma of […]
Another quote of the day
“They said I couldn’t shoot him til he was inside the house, so I waited til he got in the door and then I shot him.” Sarah McKinley, after killing Justin Martin, a burglar, with the permission of the emergency services. Can’t give you a link to the story because it’s in the Times (paywalled). […]
Quote of the day
The days of our age are threescore years and ten; and though men be so strong that they come to fourscore years, yet is their strength then but labour and sorrow; so soon passeth it away, and we are gone. Book of Common Prayer (1928)
What do you want?
James Leedam, a good friend of the Good Funeral Guide, is collecting info about what people want at funeral, how they would find out about it, and what influences their choices. As the ceo of Natural Burial Grounds, James is especially keen to find out what influences those who go green when they die. He’d very […]
Immortalising mortality
The Dying Matters Coalition is holding its very own Death Booker (well, something like that). Dying Matters is offering a prize for “new creative writing about dying, death and bereavement. Anyone touched by dying, whether directly or as a relative, friend, colleague or carer, can enter.” The judges will be looking for original writing in […]
