community lunch

DEAD AIR #142 by The Departure

Elizabeth Gilbert ‘The Alpha Wolf’ – Moth Stories

The Importance of Black Feminine Beautification Rituals for Funerals in American Religion – Talk Death

Seniors Festival 2025 1-31 October, Mt Alexander Shire events HERE, including End of Life Planning talk with Hayley West, Wed 15 Oct, 10-11am & the Community Lunch and Mini-Expo (The Departure & the Central & Northern Victorian Death Doula Network & The Departure will have a stall) on Tues 7 Oct.

Death Doulas Australia - Denise Love from Life Options has launched a new website to help connect Australians with death doulas in their region. To be included please send an email to ask.deniselove@gmail.com with these details: Name - Region (town, city, state) - Email - Phone No. - Facebook or Instagram - Website (if any).

The Mourning After Exhibition and Public Program, finishes this Saturday 20 Sept, RMIT Design Hub in Melbourne. Week 9 Final Workshops HERE Tues 17 Sept, 11.30-13:00, AI + the Afterlife workshop with Caitlin McGrane, Larissa Hjorth and Tamara Borovica. Thurs 18 Sept, 11.30 -13.00, Mapping Climate Feelings with Linda Knight, Larissa Hjorth and Tamara Borovica for young people. Sat 20 Sept, 12.30 -14.00, What still sustains is led by Jacina Leong for arts workers.

BOOK: Darby, Love . . . (Alive Things Mom Said to Me Before She Died) On Instagram: @darby_hudson

TRACKS: The Mystery of Love – Marianne Faithful & PJ Harvey / Yeah Yeah Yeah – Delaney Davidson

DEAD AIR #120 by The Departure

Ancient Egypt’s First Fully Preserved Funeral Home Has Been Discovered In The City Of The Dead – all that is interesting

Can I Keep My Parents' Skulls & Tattoos? – Ask a Mortician (YouTube)

Bereavement Assistance - bereavementassistance.org.au

Potter’s Filed Funerals (social enterprise) - pottersfieldfunerals.com.au

‘Theatre of the Last Breath’ by Annie Caulfield at Grass Roots Death Care Support the project HERE

ONLINE: 2025 CDAS Conference ‘Death in transition’ 12-13 June 2025

AHFA & Good Death Impact Network workshops: Adelaide 5-6 April & Melbourne 12-13 April 2025. To be considered, submit an EOI: https://shorturl.at/r9w3D closes 24 Feb. Limited places available.

TOMORROW: Community Lunch, Tues 11 Feb, 12.30pm Castlemaine Town Hall. This lunch is dedicated to dear friend and long-serving volunteer, Austin Crocker, who died unexpectedly last week. Time will be set aside to honour and remember Austin’s memory.

TRACKS: Fat Hans Gone Mad - Party Dozen / Dread - Thank