Last year, I opened the Top 10 with a comment about how much 2020 had sucked. Given that we are still grappling with the Covid-19 pandemic, it did leave me with a lot of time on my hands in the early part of the year to devour books like a madman. So, much like last…
In her book FROM HERE TO ETERNITY, Caitlin travels all over the world to explore several cultures and their relationships with death. Caitlin’s journey takes her through open-air crematoriums in Colorado, spelunking through caves in Indonesia, the day of the dead ceremonies in Mexico, and the Japanese tradition of “kotsuage” – the act of using…
In Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?, best selling author, funeral director and YouTube sensation Caitlin Doughty, answers questions received from children (of the organic, free range type – her words, not mine) curious about death. Did you ever wonder what happens to an astronaut who dies in space? Curious about the various colors that…
I think we can all agree that 2020 sucked, right? Well, if there are any positives to be gained from this garbage fire of a year it’s that I had more time than ever to read. As of this writing, I have read 95 books! I’m hoping to get to 100 before January 1st (which…
When Caitlin Doughty was a young girl a chance encounter with death kicked off a life-long obsession with mortality. Her book, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, is her journey into the funeral industry while also exploring what happens to all of us when we kick the bucket. Like many people, death is not an event…
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