Pop-up Book Club: The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning

On facing our eventual demise, beyond estates, wills, and directives, there is an additional consideration: what to do with all our stuff? The Swedes have a name for this, döstädning, or death cleaning, the gentle art of minimal owning to lighten the burden on our survivors. With kind humor and a necessary lightness for the…

Death and Dying: Death Cafe

Death Cafes are opportunities to gather and increase awareness of death so that we might make the most of our finite lives. Moderated by Shelburne resident Nick Marconi, these intimate monthly discussions are a place to voice concerns, share stories, ask questions, and think together about this fact of life. The conversations will inevitably vary…