Via the website, Mike the Headless Chicken September 10th, 1945 finds a strapping (but tender) young rooster pecking through the dust of Fruita, Colorado. The unsuspecting bird had never looked so delicious as he did that, now famous, day. Clara Olsen was planning on featuring the plump chicken in the evening meal. Husband Lloyd Olsen was […]
Today’s guest post is written by Sara LeeAnn Pryde. “Speaking of dead moms…” As if one can delicately work that into polite conversation. Which is why today is so impossible. Every year on January 29th – what would have been my mother’s birthday – my sisters and I wake up to our lives and […]
This from Gawker: Archaeologists reportedly found several whistles in the skeletal hands of a man executed and buried in front of a temple dedicated to the Aztec wind god, leading some experts to believe it was used during rituals to summon the wind. Others say the whistle was used to intimidate enemies during battle, or […]
Today’s guest post is from Funeral Consumers Alliance: 1. Embalming is required by law. Embalming is NEVER required for the first 24 hours. In many states, it’s not required at all under any circumstances. Refrigeration is almost always an alternative to embalming if there will be a delay before final disposition. 2. Embalming protects the […]
This post is by photographer KIMMO METSÄRANTA. It is used with Kimmo’s expressed permission. My grandfather died in the spring of 2014. It didn’t come as a surprise to anyone. During the last two years he didn’t respond a lot, he wasn’t present. I don’t know if he thought about dying, was he expecting it, afraid […]