Tag: Undertaking LA

• Talk is cheap. Burials are not: Why only telling people what you want for your funeral is not enough

  Amber Carvaly is back on Death & the Maiden today to discuss a subject very close to her heart. As one half of Undertaking LA, Amber encourages anybody and everybody to talk about death, dying and their wishes for the end of life. Although this is important (and she makes clear it absolutely is) Amber…

  Death and the Maiden

  08/08/2016

  Guest Post

  America, Burial, Burial Shrouds, Change, Choice, Considerations, Conversation, Culture, Deadmaidens, Death, DIY Funeral, Funeral, Honesty, Modern Funeral, Money, Natural Burial, Planning, Ritual, Tradition, Undertaking LA, USA

• To Be, Or Not To Be A Mortician?

  Whether it has been your lifelong desire. Your recently discovered calling. Or just something you came across this morning on Buzzfeed, you are all probably wondering one thing. Just how the heck do I go about becoming a mortician? Well, the wonderful Amber Carvaly of Undertaking LA is here to tell you.

  Death and the Maiden

  01/02/2016

  Guest Post

  Career, Deadmaidens, Death, Dying, Education, Embalmer, Experiences, Funeral Director, Funeral Industry, Identity, Inspiration, Law, Mortician, Mortuary School, Undertaking LA

• Midwives, Layers-Out, and Lady Pole

  Patricia Lundy explores the relationship between women and death by reflecting on two books. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory, Caitlin Doughty’s memoir on her experience (past and current) in the death industry and Susanna Clarke’s Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, with specific focus on Lady Pole. In this post Patricia entertains the…

  Death and the Maiden

  31/08/2015

  Book Club, Guest Post

  Birth, Change, Child Birth, Corpse, Culture, Deadmaidens, Death, Empowerment, Fear of Dying, Female Identity, Gender Roles, History, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Lady Pole, Life Cycle, Memoir, Undertaker, Undertaking LA, Women