I am in the line, or on line, if you’re a New Yorker. All human beings are in this line, some ahead of me, some… Read More »The Line by Blaze Ardman

In the past, death occurred naturally when a person stopped breathing or their heart stopped beating. In time, however, newer medical interventions were developed that… Read More »Endpaper: Understanding “Do Not Resuscitate”

This morning’s lower backache is the price I pay for trying to be a farmer. I am not strong and agile. I don’t know a… Read More »Unexpected Grace

How do you introduce a child to the esoteric concept of death? You probably don’t unless a granny or an uncle dies, or perhaps just… Read More »Book Review: Duck, Death and the Tulip by Wolf Erlbruch

Mom took a fall at her apartment last Sunday. Ended up at the ER, small fracture on left clavicle, she was admitted for observation. She’ll… Read More »Mom in the Time of COVID-19

I understand the fear of death. As a child, I was afraid to sleep. I was terrified that I would die each night. The plaque… Read More »I USED TO BE TERRIFIED OF DYING by Lynda Carré

I. Picnic by Elga Antonsen Like a sheet pulled over the deadWhere do they go?Would that there could be a rush of birds and trombones… Read More »Two Poems…

“As Sonny lay dying we had another kind of weather: Humid, hazy days, the entire village consumed in sea mist. We were unable to see… Read More »Book Review: My Father’s Wake by Kevin Toolis

Abigail Thomas is an author of fiction, non-fiction, memoir, and poetry. Her work has appeared in too many publications to mention, but significantly two of… Read More »The Dying Room by Abigail Thomas

I walk where the deer walk and the lone winter walker, following the last vestiges of winter to the overlook— the Good Place where I… Read More »Land Beyond