[Magdalen] A good idea?

[Marion Thompson]

Nice.  May it be so.

Marion, a pilgrim

On 4/24/2016 9:44 AM, ME Michaud wrote:
> Yes, I think these trends are regional, certainly not national. Cremation
> has been common in New England throughout my lifetime (although my mother
> chose burial). Also, having come from a navy town, burial-at-sea. I was
> surprised to read (in my hometown newspaper) that a woman I babysat for
> long ago had opted for burial-at-sea (she was an avid sailor).
>
> As I've said before, my funeral instructions call for cremation with my
> ashes dumped into a sand castle in Provincetown at low tide. My friends who
> attend (a small number, all friends of the gf, who will comfort and support
> her) get a free weekend eating, drinking, dancing and sunning (and anything
> else that adults enjoy) in gay paradise on me :-)
>
> As Chad says, convenience is built in. I'm confident I'll be scattered on a
> fine beach day in July or August. Or maybe early September.
> -M
>
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 8:23 AM, Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Very much the choice in my family. All 3 of my grandparents whom I knew
>> (not sure about the one who died long before I was born) and both of my
>> parents were cremated. My father's ashes are presently at my brother's
>> house in New Jersey awaiting the planned memorial/funeral service in Maine
>> this July, he having died in March in Florida. You can't do that with a
>> corpse, but cremation provides such options.
>>
>>