Living In Place
Lessons in Grief
LESSONS IN GRIEF While my Dad was alive and in decline, I grieved for the man he used to be. He mostly accepted his limitations, while I was often irritated by them. Now I wish...
Mourning Fog
MOURNING FOG My father died almost two weeks ago, and I’ve been wandering around in a Mourning Fog ever since. Even though Dad’s death was expected, and even though I’d suffered...
How To Write An Obit
Even if you don’t think of yourself as a writer and never plan to write for publication, chances are you will someday have to write an obituary for someone you’ve loved and lost....
Bernard Luskin, July 23, 1925 – July 19, 2018
Bernard Luskin died peacefully in the Hospice Suite at Grace Cottage Hospital on July 19, four days short of his ninety-third birthday. He was the son of Jacob Luskin, who...
Hallowell: Music for the Dying
The Hallowell Singers bring music to the dying. They came last week to sing to my father – and to me. Five singers quietly entered his hospice room and sang a cappella,...
Rhubarb: ancient, early & delicious.
Rhubarb is one of the first plants to poke through the soil each spring. Its great knobs of wrinkled leaves pushing through mulch like a crowning baby’s head. In less than...