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What If We Give It Away? (opens the original)
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The paraphernalia of living is on my mind these days.I’m surrounded by the imprint of decades of stuff in the old house we bought. And simultaneously going through my own crap to pack it and move next week.Where did all this shit come from?This is my third move in five years and I’ve downsized each time. This is the easiest of my moves - we’re upsizing from a one-bedroom apartment, and we’re moving only a mile away, so we can move things bit by bit. But it’s still hard and heart-wrenching and so
Four Goodbyes is Too Many (opens the original)
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It’s been a hell of a fortnight, my friends. Four friends of mine have died this month, and each one hit differently, and hard.This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.<
How To Die Without Regrets (opens the original)
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You and I are just living our lives, right?We go to work, we maybe exercise, we pay the bills, we make dinner and do the laundry. Every day. Rinse and repeat.<img alt="green jacket on white front load washing machine" class="s
Be like Dolly (opens the original)
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I was in the middle of writing about the idea of “legacy “when I heard that Dolly Parton had died.Like Glen Hansard’s death a few weeks ago, the news made me revise what I’d written.We talk about legacy in my death-planning workshops, and for a lot of people it’s a big or scary or irrelevant word. As one client said, “I’m not rich enough to worry about my legacy.”She had it all wrong, though: we ALL leave something of ourselves behind. And it’s NOT (always) about the money.In Dolly’s case, there
Taking a Vacation From Death (opens the original)
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After a seemingly endless (though it was really only 23 hours) travel day I am delighted to be back, and back at work! in Philly after my (um, okay, second ) summer vacation.We first took a pre-trip trip to New York City where Saved Companion and I traipsed around the Met and the Morgan Library. The tarot card exhibit is not to be missed:<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eX-g!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-
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