You are left disinherited, unarmed, semi-literate, an exile. There is one less person to remember your childhood with.
By Garrison Keillor Mar 4, 2009
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You only die once. Why not take tips from great philosophers on how to do it well?
By Laura Miller
February 16, 2009
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My sister and my best friend seem to think I'm living in a fantasy world.
By Cary Tennis
January 16, 2009
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Two gripping memoirs explore the guilt and confusion left behind when a relative kills himself.
By Laura Miller
October 7, 2008
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In his many dark, satirical, heretical books, the pioneering science fiction author contemplated death with elegant despair.
By Elizabeth Hand
July 11, 2008
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I've tried to do the pragmatic things, but I can't connect, I don't belong.
By Cary Tennis
January 15, 2009
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I'm having a rough time; I'd like some justice and some peace.
By Cary Tennis
October 2, 2008
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A day in which you've witnessed death takes on an aura of fragile loveliness.
By Garrison Keillor
October 1, 2008
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So many things go unasked; so much suffering occurs in silence.
By Cary Tennis
September 12, 2008
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He thought he'd be returning home to die. But she just strung him along until he was gone.
By Cary Tennis
August 22, 2008
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Should I try to return to life as it was before, or should I set out on adventures?
By Cary Tennis
August 19, 2008
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My parents are too old and my siblings are too mired in difficulties. But I'm hesitant to bring up the idea with friends.
By Cary Tennis
May 16, 2008
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I never thought I'd be able to enjoy Mother's Day again. Then, life brought me Annabelle.
By Ann Hood
May 10, 2008
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Eight Belles was the first sports figure who ever caught my 2-year-old daughter's eye.
By King Kaufman
May 5, 2008
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I could have gone, I should have gone, but I thought about the money and my other plans!
By Cary Tennis
April 25, 2008
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April in the Sierra foothills is the cruelest month -- and the most beautiful.
By Gary Kamiya
April 22, 2008
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After a lifetime of competing with his father, writer David Shields has had enough. But the aged patriarch remains "cussedly, maddeningly alive."
By Louis Bayard
March 4, 2008
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Why do people complain about winter, which is really quite magnificent?
By Garrison Keillor
February 20, 2008
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The idea of women driving cars is so 21st century. Why not take a step back and sentence them to death for witchcraft?
By Catherine Price
February 15, 2008
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My grandmother is ill and cannot care for her aging Yorkshire terrier.
By Cary Tennis
November 28, 2007
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Is it time to go back to California?
By Cary Tennis
November 26, 2007
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The neighbor who took care of him before he died says he promised her his car. Should she get it, or should my sister?
By Cary Tennis
November 20, 2007
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Is there a delicate way to tell his boss that I'm not job hunting, but I think I'd make a great replacement?
By Cary Tennis
September 25, 2007
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Morbid curiosity and ridicule have replaced respect for the deceased at MyDeathSpace, where your life is an open book -- even when you're 6 feet under.
By Jamie Pietras
July 31, 2007
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By the time you read this, she'll probably be gone. Why couldn't I be by her side?
By Cary Tennis
July 25, 2007
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