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Tour the Lost and Long-Gone Graveyards of Los Angeles with Atlas Obscura this Sunday
If you love to explore the unusual, hidden and mysterious, you might already be familiar with the Atlas Obscura website, which contains articles about fascinating foods as well as travel guides for international attractions like strange public art, abandoned amusement … Continue reading
‘The Green Burial Guidebook’: Don’t Fear the Green Reaper
While I certainly haven’t spent much time dwelling on death, I have thought that when I die, I’d like to just decompose into the earth and “return to nature.” The idea seems more natural and useful – because I’d be … Continue reading
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Tagged cemeteries, elizabeth fournier, environment, Funerals, green burials, green reaper
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Among the Dead with Author Caleb Wilde
It’s Dias de los Muertos time here in Los Angeles and many other places touched by the goofy-syncretic Catholic paganism we associate with seeing our besties, our daily barrista, and even our bosses en calavera, surrounded by bouquets of … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Interviews, Offbeat LA
Tagged cemeteries, cremation, crematorium, Day Of The Dead, embalming, funeral home, Funerals, Halloween, mortician, pacemakers, pumpkin spice lattes, skeletons, skulls
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