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Archive for June, 2009

Jun 14 2009

First, Do No Harm

category: Bonding author: Indra

Risk Factors for America
This week a striking statistic crossed my path - families without paid leave have higher rates of infant mortality.
I have to let that sit for a moment so you can soak it in.
I’ve been meditating on this for 6 days not yet ready to find the words, even now I stop short [...]


Jun 04 2009

Home Death Revelation!

category: Death author: Indra

I watched the documentary “A Family Undertaking” last night.  It’s about home funerals. I already had a hunch that I was as much of a death radical as I am a birth radical and this video (available on Netlix) confirmed it: bring on the fleshy, life-affirming, love-emanating reality of death!
Of course, I mean “radical” here [...]