Author Archives: DMS

As we continue our walks at Resh Mill we uncover hidden beauties and treasures of the land, ever changing with the seasons, from Joe Pie Weed to a variety of ferns, to dried seed pods and ripening pine cones. We … Continue reading →

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/green-burials-are-on-the-rise-as-baby-boomers-plan-for-their-future-and-funerals/2014/10/06/d269cfbc-3eae-11e4-b03f-de718edeb92f_story.html

Watch this trailer for the upcoming movie on the green burial movement, Dying Green. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPQ1sPcQQHo

Devoted to Caitlin Doughty, a trained mortician, and her new book about natural death, home funerals, cremation and burial. http://www.npr.org/2014/10/08/352765943/a-mortician-talks-openly-about-death-and-wants-you-to-too

Dropbox – Resh Mill walk 9/27/14. Slide show of our walk on September 27. Pilliated woodpeckers along Graves Run stream, and a pair of turkeys in one of the outer fields.

Doug, Galen and I spent a few hours traipsing through the goldenrod and hay fields looking for the best sites for mowing paths. We finally reached the highest field. Beautiful vistas. Pilliated woodpecker and hawks, gurgling streams, asters. Lots of … Continue reading →

Why I Hope to Die at 75 – The Atlantic.

http://expandedconsciousness.com/2014/03/30/this-awesome-urn-will-turn-you-into-a-tree-after-you-die/

The Inspired Funeral.

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A Biodegradable Urn from Preventdisease.com (Picture Source: Preventdisease.com) Let’s face reality here, we all want to live  long, happy, and healthy lives. But as the great writers, John Donne (“One short sleep past,…