by Amanda C Vesty | Mar 10, 2022 | Community, Death, Environment, Final Resting Places
Dawn de Vivre, In Loving Memory On the day my beautiful friend Dawn De Vivre (formerly Dr Dawn Gibbins MBE) died, in the early hours I awoke to hear a bird singing extraordinarily loudly outside my window. As morning broke after her death, the day dawned bright and...
by Jean Francis | Apr 22, 2021 | Ceremony, Death, Environment, Final Resting Places, Funerals
Unless you become aware of the many choices available when pre-planning your funeral, you will likely end up with a conveyor-belt funeral, with a huge price tag. It is possible for families to arrange a funeral, with or without the support of a funeral director. At...
by Jean Francis | Apr 5, 2021 | Ceremony, Death, Environment, Final Resting Places, Funerals, Interfaith Funerals, Trees The Green Legacy
If you follow a particular religion, your will undoubtedly choose you own faith leader to conduct your funeral; each place of worship will have its own guidelines laid down by the authority. What choices will you make? For those who have no structure to follow and are...
by Amanda C Vesty | Aug 23, 2020 | Beliefs in Afterlife, Children, Death, Environment, Final Resting Places, Poetry
Nature poems by Alexis Kivi (1834-1872). He was originally known as Alexis Stenvall. Kivi is the Finnish national writer, poet, playwright, novelist and the creator of modern Finnish literature. Kivi changed his name from the Swedish ‘Stenvall’, meaning ‘stone bar’,...
by Amanda C Vesty | Aug 3, 2020 | Death, Environment, Final Resting Places, Mementoes and Memorials, Trees The Green Legacy
The Hardy Tree St Pancras Church Moving The Dead A story similar to HS2 that took place in the 1800s reminds us of how the dead still remain important to the living. It also raises questions of ethics and how we treat corporeal remains. St. Pancras Old Church, is...
by Amanda C Vesty | Jul 31, 2020 | Children, Community, Death, Environment, Final Resting Places, Trees The Green Legacy, Uncategorised
Arnos Vale Cemetery In Bristol Speak to a lot of people about graveyards and many will no doubt talk about them being ‘creepy’ and full of ghosts. For myself however I have always found them to be peaceful places where you can spend a pleasant afternoon...
