Category: Death

  • Many years ago I began writing a novel, “Ruby, The Life of the Funeral.”                                                                                        My first draft of many chapters was lost when my computer was taken hostage, my files encoded and ransomed for…

  • As the October anniversary of my mother’s death passes, and the Feast of All Souls approaches, it is inevitable that I would recall the many wakes and funerals of my loved ones. There were particularly memorable moments at each one – some painful, some disturbing and some actually funny. When my grandmother died I was…