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Tag Archives: Death
Light Shining on Copper
For Patricia Fiske – Copper today and gold forever – and for everyone who fits into your empty hugs.
Patricia Fiske sings Stormy Weather – August 6th, 2020
Alone Koan
Sioux Death Song
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When someone passes away, many Native people say that they do not die, but instead “walk on.” This implies a continuation of a journey rather than an endpoint on a linear path.
Dakota (Sioux) Memorial – 1862 in Mankato, Minnesota …
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2340627/dakota-(sioux)-memorial—1862 After listening to the bishop and personally reviewing the trial records, Lincoln commuted the death sentence for all but thirty-eight prisoners. At 10 am on December 26, 1862, the condemned men, chanting the Dakota deathsong, marched in single file to a scaffold guarded by 1,400 troops in full battle dress.
After the Death
16 years later, her friends are still holding the “Colours of Tiltan” annual memorial swim meet.
Legacy
Heaven
In loving memory of my son-in-law’s father Dr. Fred Bullock
Remembering Ram Dass
Ram Dass (1931 to 2019) American spiritual teacher, academic and clinical psychologist, and author.
Don’t Sam McGee Me
Click here to read the classic poem “The Cremation of Sam McGee” by Robert Service
In Dying the Dying
