Some Books We Like: 

 LIVING MEANINGFULLY,DYING JOYFULLY

Author Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rimpoche - " We are alive, therefore we will die. This is the simplest, most obvious truth of our existence, yet very few of us have really come to terms with this fact." This inspiring book helps us to make the most of our human life, to prepare for death without fear or denial, and to help others who are dying.

GRAVE MATTERS  2007 

Author Mark Harris'  pionering book on the meaningful experience of Green & Natural Burial .

   FINAL RIGHTS   2011 

Authors Linda Carlson and Joshua Slocum's in depth account of all the US laws governing Death & funeral according to state.

   SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES  2014

 Author Caitlyn Doughty - A brilliant account of cremation process by a young crematory operator in California.

  EVERYBODY DIES   2014

Author Ken Tanaka's wonderful  "A childrens book for grown ups" ( but great for children too! ) 

  TALE FOR THE TIME BEING 2013

Author Ruth Ozeki's astounding tale weaving the lives of a Silicone Valley teenager, an isolated writer in the rural Northwest and a Japanese Buddhist Nun who changed all their lives . 

Some Films  We Like:

  The LOVED ONE  1965

Classic comedy about the funeral industry starring Johnathan Winters and Liberace. 

  HAROLD & MAUDE  1971

Perhaps one of the best films  ever made about the affair of a Death obsessed teenager & a wild  elderly revolutionary.

  LITTLE BUDDHA - 1993

A film by Bernardo Bertalucchi about Life, Death & reincarnation - the story of Buddha. 

 WHAT DREAMS MAY COME -2003

An profound provacative film about the human mind in the afterlife and suicide - starring  the late great Robin Williams. 

  DEPARTURES-  2009 

A beautiful japanese film  about funerals in modern Japan .

  A WILL FOR THE WOODS- 2013

Determined that his last act will be a gift to the planet, musician and psychiatrist Clark Wang prepares for his own green burial.