Blog
The Making of an Author, Part 1: Books, Adventure, and Finding My Voice
When people ask how someone becomes a writer, they often expect a simple answer. Perhaps there was a moment of revelation, a sudden decision, or a clear turning point. My journey was nothing like that. Looking back, I can see that becoming a writer was a gradual...
When the Famous Die: What Celebrity Loss Teaches Us About Mortality
Death has always been inseparable from life. In a world defined by dualities—light and dark, joy and sorrow, youth and age—death remains the quiet constant, woven into every human experience. Now in my mid-forties, I’ve encountered death in many forms. There have been...
Memorial Day and the Cost of Forgetting
As a child, I remember my parents taking me each year to Main Street in the small village of Sherman, New York, for the Memorial Day parade. Elderly men marched in faded pea-green and ash-gray uniforms, rifles resting on their shoulders, but they were not what...
Books
Death: An Exploration
Discover Insights about Coping with Life’s Most Feared Mystery
This book will help anyone who is interested in learning more about death, coping with a loss, approaching death, or explaining death to a child. It is an exploratory journey that includes multiple viewpoints, including Steve Jobs’s embrace of his death, Ray Kurzweil’s striving for immortality, and Joseph Campbell’s view of death as the “ornament of life.”
The book looks at death from the perspectives of atheists, Christians, and Tibetan Buddhists, among many others. Interestingly, it considers the often unexplored aspects such as the curious relationship between death and ayahuasca. It is a guidebook, offering insights and comfort on a topic that many find frightening or macabre.
The author grew up with a skeleton in his living room, and surrounded by other symbols of death. His unusual upbringing makes him uniquely qualified to serve as guide. As you join him in discovering more about death, you will find yourself enjoying a fuller life.
