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My Father's Wake

My Father's Wake

Where sorrow meets celebration

Book Review, Library, Wisdom, Book, Book Group SelectionCaren MartineauFebruary 23, 2023Non Fiction, Irish, History, Memoir, Dying, Wake, Mortality, Ancestral, Rituals, TED Talk

The Smell of Rain on Dust

The Smell of Rain on Dust

Shaman elder looks at grief as “a spiritual enzyme”

Wisdom, Library, BookCaren MartineauNovember 8, 2022Indigenous Cultures, Native American, Shaman, Tribes, Elders, Teacher, Author, Ancestral, Grief, Rituals, Celebration, Death, Grief Workers