The Order of The Good Death

Essays by Contributors

[My Long Term Relationship With Death]

Lukas McLaughlin is an embalming student at the British Institute of Embalmers and the Irish College of Funeral Directing and Embalming. He contacted me first on Twitter (where you can find him at @lukasmclaughlin) and introduced himself as a 20-year-old … Continue reading →

Posted on February 22, 2012 by caitlin
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Embalm (“sort of like being in porn”)

Mortician’s note: Sarah Wambold is the thing. THE. THING. I spent a day with her in Austin this month and we are morticianly kindred spirits of the highest order. Sarah shares many of my views on the industry, made all … Continue reading →

Posted on January 26, 2012 by caitlin
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Guest Post: How to Send A Viking to Valhalla

Mortician’s Note: Look who’s back, everyone.  It’s the near flawless Susie Kahlich, vigilante for all that is creative and primal and borderline illegal in the death world.  In other words, my hero.  She wrote this piece on making a green … Continue reading →

Posted on January 20, 2012 by caitlin
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Regarding the Hands

Mortician’s note: This is the first piece from Austin funeral director Sarah Wambold, who I first met via this interview with Thought Catalog, where she proved to be a kindred spirit in the “young females keepin’ it real about the … Continue reading →

Posted on December 15, 2011 by caitlin
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Guest Post: In Pursuit of Natural Burial

Mortician’s Note: The following essay was written for The Order of the Good Death by Susie Kahlich (website) an American writer living in France.  She contacted me about natural burial and after falling in love with her writing I asked … Continue reading →

Posted on December 6, 2011 by caitlin
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