{"id":5964,"date":"2015-12-12T18:49:40","date_gmt":"2015-12-12T17:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.livingwithloulou.com\/?p=5964"},"modified":"2015-12-12T18:49:40","modified_gmt":"2015-12-12T17:49:40","slug":"death-defying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livingwithloulou.com\/death-defying\/","title":{"rendered":"Death Defying"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"image\"<\/p>\n

Caitlin Doughty, mortician<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Well, maybe the holiday season is not the time to put this link in my blog, but mama and I read this over coffee and kibble this morning in The New Yorker and both of us were laughing and kidding around about what we read and\u00a0were so incredibly informed about how death is treated by so many and how the death of a loved one (or even not so loved) is one of life’s most intense experiences and must not be brushed aside as something to get rid of quickly or be afraid of, as many are.\u00a0 Mama, for one.\u00a0 But I’m not tattling on her, she’ll tell anyone that.\u00a0 Which is why the article was so poignant.<\/p>\n

If you have the time, please do look at Our Bodies, Ourselves <\/a>and hear what a very eccentric and wonderful woman, Caitlin Doughty, has begun and comment on what you get from it.<\/p>\n

Some of this marvellous lady’s ideas are, frankly, hilarious, which may seem unseemly, so to speak, but I’m sure you will feel differently about the death and dying of a friend or family member or anyone after having read it.<\/p>\n

What was amazing to mama and me is that she is so original and studied so many kinds of cultures and how they dealt or deal\u00a0with dying and how some very entrepreneurial individuals are now trying to put death in its proper place along with living.\u00a0 Not easy.\u00a0 And not entirely welcome by some.<\/p>\n

Hey, if I have the choice, which will I choose? DUH.<\/p>\n

But, that said, my little kitty eyes were opened by what I\u00a0read and I’m sure I will think about this article for many days to come…<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, it was emotional and\u00a0exhausted me a little, so ciao<\/em>, for now.<\/p>\n

\"image\"<\/p>\n

Mama’s nightgown makes a lovely\u00a0light cover for napping…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some of this marvellous lady’s ideas are, frankly, hilarious and I’m sure you will feel differently about the death and dying of a friend or family member after having read it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nDeath Defying - livingwithloulou.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Handling death in many different ways\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livingwithloulou.com\/death-defying\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Death Defying - livingwithloulou.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Handling death in many different ways\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.livingwithloulou.com\/death-defying\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"livingwithloulou.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"andrewadleman.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-12-12T17:49:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/pppre.s3.amazonaws.com\/29755eda54d7a9d4\/f1a3f9fdb58143f297580df7367e8f84.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Loulou\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Loulou\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.livingwithloulou.com\/death-defying\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.livingwithloulou.com\/death-defying\/\",\"name\":\"Death Defying - livingwithloulou.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.livingwithloulou.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.livingwithloulou.com\/death-defying\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.livingwithloulou.com\/death-defying\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/pppre.s3.amazonaws.com\/29755eda54d7a9d4\/f1a3f9fdb58143f297580df7367e8f84.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-12-12T17:49:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-12-12T17:49:40+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.livingwithloulou.com\/#\/schema\/person\/38669f630a28d16cae3b6550032ced63\"},\"description\":\"Handling death in many different ways\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.livingwithloulou.com\/death-defying\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.livingwithloulou.com\/death-defying\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/pppre.s3.amazonaws.com\/29755eda54d7a9d4\/f1a3f9fdb58143f297580df7367e8f84.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/pppre.s3.amazonaws.com\/29755eda54d7a9d4\/f1a3f9fdb58143f297580df7367e8f84.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.livingwithloulou.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.livingwithloulou.com\/\",\"name\":\"livingwithloulou.com\",\"description\":\"A French Kitty's Opinions On Just About Everything\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.livingwithloulou.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.livingwithloulou.com\/#\/schema\/person\/38669f630a28d16cae3b6550032ced63\",\"name\":\"Loulou\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.livingwithloulou.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2ca10f5e30cb7bc5f3bfa6b3f48613e0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2ca10f5e30cb7bc5f3bfa6b3f48613e0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Loulou\"},\"description\":\"Texan, illustrator The New Yorker, Gourmet, Bon Apetit, The Los Angeles Times, Orion, and others; author and illustrator of No Need to Knead, artisan breads in 90 minutes (Hyperion, Grub St. Publishing) and Rome, at Home, la cucina romana in your own kitchen (Broadway Books), CEO of Buona Forchetta Hand Made Breads, columnist www.theamericanmag.com,: member of Les Dames d'Escoffier, Author's Guild, Slowfood and other like organizations; serious cook, joyful gardener, painter, and very half-assed piano player.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.suzannedunaway.com\",\"andrewadleman.com\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andrewadleman.com\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Death Defying - livingwithloulou.com","description":"Handling death in many different ways","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.livingwithloulou.com\/death-defying\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Death Defying - livingwithloulou.com","og_description":"Handling death in many different ways","og_url":"https:\/\/www.livingwithloulou.com\/death-defying\/","og_site_name":"livingwithloulou.com","article_author":"andrewadleman.com","article_published_time":"2015-12-12T17:49:40+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/pppre.s3.amazonaws.com\/29755eda54d7a9d4\/f1a3f9fdb58143f297580df7367e8f84.jpg"}],"author":"Loulou","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Loulou","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.livingwithloulou.com\/death-defying\/","url":"https:\/\/www.livingwithloulou.com\/death-defying\/","name":"Death Defying - livingwithloulou.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.livingwithloulou.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.livingwithloulou.com\/death-defying\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.livingwithloulou.com\/death-defying\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/pppre.s3.amazonaws.com\/29755eda54d7a9d4\/f1a3f9fdb58143f297580df7367e8f84.jpg","datePublished":"2015-12-12T17:49:40+00:00","dateModified":"2015-12-12T17:49:40+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.livingwithloulou.com\/#\/schema\/person\/38669f630a28d16cae3b6550032ced63"},"description":"Handling death in many different ways","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.livingwithloulou.com\/death-defying\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.livingwithloulou.com\/death-defying\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/pppre.s3.amazonaws.com\/29755eda54d7a9d4\/f1a3f9fdb58143f297580df7367e8f84.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/pppre.s3.amazonaws.com\/29755eda54d7a9d4\/f1a3f9fdb58143f297580df7367e8f84.jpg"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.livingwithloulou.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.livingwithloulou.com\/","name":"livingwithloulou.com","description":"A French Kitty's Opinions On Just About Everything","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.livingwithloulou.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.livingwithloulou.com\/#\/schema\/person\/38669f630a28d16cae3b6550032ced63","name":"Loulou","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.livingwithloulou.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2ca10f5e30cb7bc5f3bfa6b3f48613e0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2ca10f5e30cb7bc5f3bfa6b3f48613e0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Loulou"},"description":"Texan, illustrator The New Yorker, Gourmet, Bon Apetit, The Los Angeles Times, Orion, and others; author and illustrator of No Need to Knead, artisan breads in 90 minutes (Hyperion, Grub St. Publishing) and Rome, at Home, la cucina romana in your own kitchen (Broadway Books), CEO of Buona Forchetta Hand Made Breads, columnist www.theamericanmag.com,: member of Les Dames d'Escoffier, Author's Guild, Slowfood and other like organizations; serious cook, joyful gardener, painter, and very half-assed piano player.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.suzannedunaway.com","andrewadleman.com","https:\/\/twitter.com\/andrewadleman.com"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.livingwithloulou.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5964"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.livingwithloulou.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.livingwithloulou.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.livingwithloulou.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.livingwithloulou.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5964"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.livingwithloulou.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5966,"href":"https:\/\/www.livingwithloulou.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5964\/revisions\/5966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.livingwithloulou.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.livingwithloulou.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.livingwithloulou.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}