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#grief

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ResearchBuzz: Firehose

University of Exeter: New research project will explore the influence Shakespeare had upon how we remember the dead. “The influence and inspiration that William Shakespeare has had upon the practice of writing epitaphs is to be the focus of a new research project. English Literature experts at the University of Exeter will study epitaphs and obituaries dating back to the 18th century to […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/27/university-of-exeter-new-research-project-will-explore-the-influence-shakespeare-had-upon-how-we-remember-the-dead/

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Strange Seawolf 🕒 CET

@HeliaXyana
Q2: Oh, favorite #DoctorWho episode is a tricky question since I would usually have to pick one for each Doctor. But let's do it differently.

The most important to me, personally is "Heaven Sent". A perfect metaphor for #grief and I don't know how often I have watched it but it exceeds a normal amount for sure. Usually I have to watch "Hell Bent" afterwards just as a consolation.

Absolute comfort episode? "Deep Breath". Will always cheer me up. It is absolutely bonkers and has a Doctor that somehow tries to find his feet after regeneration and a companion trying to come to terms with that change in a way that resonates deeply. The beginning of my favorite era as well, so all lies ahead.

The best in terms of storytelling? "Midnight". Hands down. A concise look at the human nature and a well-rounded and creepy villain that we never see manifest. And we get to see that all that happens really affects the Doctor, which we don't get to see very often. And all that in under 45 minutes. Unmatched.

The most essential to get to know the very essence of the show? It's a tie between "Rose", "Don't Blink", and "Thin Ice". They are all very different but they familiarize you with the timey-wimey, wibbly-wobby, bonkers concept of the show.

#ScribesAndMakers#TTMD
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Alun Kirby

A very tender, thoughtful article, superficially about photography, but mostly about memory, grief and our relationship with time.

Perhaps seeing photography not as capturing the present, but creating the past.

thegeorgiareview.com/posts/pol

CW for Covid-19 and pandemic related content.
By Mike Scalise.

The Georgia Review - · Polaroid Death Machine - The Georgia ReviewIn late February of 2020 I traveled home to Pittsburgh to salvage what I could of my grandparents’ lives. After caring for them and their things during their final years and after, my aunt was moving to Florida and giving it all away: furniture and dinnerware; my grandmother’s full collection of Emmett Kelly clown figurines;
#photography#polaroid#sx70
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Cynni's Blog

Our adventure is slowly ending…

...which, of course, feels too fast and too soon... 😢 When you start a journey together with a furry love, a choccy Lab for me, you know that the chances are high that you'll outlive the pet. Dogs generally don't get that old, and especially the larger breeds don't age that high as some smaller breeds tend to do. But, in the years that you'll be on that journey together, they give you so much happiness and love... 💜 Which of course makes it even harder to let go, when the journey comes to an end... I've had dogs before. I grew up with dogs. I've loved and lost them in the past. And all were special, in their own ways of enjoying life. But now, I'm on my own. It's been just me and Arwen for over 6 years now... She's been in my life since she was 3 weeks (don't worry! We didn't take her home until she was 8½ weeks young) old. And now... She may not live to see her 12th birthday. We've seen a lot together, as I previously shared here: Time running out… And I guess this is a kind of "follow up" on that post... […]

cynnisblog.wordpress.com/2025/

"A vibrant, dreamy image featuring a glowing, neon-style background filled with sparkling stars and various sizes of heart shapes in hues of purple, pink, blue, and teal. At the center is a large, radiant heart that fades from deep purple to turquoise, glowing with electric light. Inside this central heart is the cheerful, smiling face of a black Labrador Retriever, edited into the composition so it looks lovingly framed by the heart. Surrounding the main heart are many smaller, glowing hearts floating throughout the background. Along the bottom of the image, in playful neon blue and pink outlined text, are the words: 'Our adventure...'. The entire image is bordered by a distressed, grunge-style black and white edge, adding contrast to the otherwise magical, colorful aesthetic."
#arwen#dying#emotional
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Nox and the Pack :Fire_Enby:

The #grief that emerges in the aftermath of a #narcissisticRelationship falls under the umbrella of "disenfranchised grief". That is grief which isn't socially acknowledged as reasonable.

The sad reality is that navigating the grief of losing a relationship with a #narcissistic partner is really fucking difficult.

You're grieving a person that never existed. They were a facade produced by a psychological predator to devour you whole. This means you're grieving a person that is still alive while simultaneously never having existed. This is exacerbated when you are unable to go no contact and have to regularly face your abuser.

If you're wrestling with this: you have all my empathy. What helps me is understanding that I'm not really grieving the loss of the relationship but I'm grieving the loss of possibility and hope. I thought I found someone who shared my visions for a good life. I did not. I'm grieving the loss of that. Not the loss of my abuser.

#narcissism#trauma#actuallyAustistic
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Grief camp connecting kids who understand the pain of losing a parent
By Lucy Loram

Losing her dad left Alexis feeling isolated, as few of her friends could relate. But a special camp in Hervey Bay helped her connect with kids who got it.

abc.net.au/news/2025-04-23/gri

ABC News · Grief camp connecting kids who know the pain of losing a parent or siblingBy Lucy Loram
#Grief#DeathandDying#Children
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Grief camp connecting kids who understand the pain of losing a parent
By Lucy Loram

Losing her dad left Alexis feeling isolated, as few of her friends could relate. But a special camp in Hervey Bay helped her connect with kids who got it.

abc.net.au/news/2025-04-23/gri

ABC News · Grief camp connecting kids who know the pain of losing a parent or siblingBy Lucy Loram
#Grief#DeathandDying#Children
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Joseph Lim :mastodon:

This says a lot abt te immensity of our loss imho, te #bestPope in 60yrs.

Outpouring of #grief over #Pope #Francis' death in largest Muslim-majority country #Indonesia
"praising the pontiff's commitment to #interfaith #harmony & his stance on #Israel's military offensive in #Gaza. Prominent #Islamic gps in 🇮🇩, where around 90% of e 280mil population is #Muslim, & te general #public praised the leader of te Roman #Catholic #Church in public statements & social media posts"
straitstimes.com/asia/outpouri

The Straits Times · Outpouring of grief over Pope Francis' death in largest Muslim-majority country IndonesiaJAKARTA - Pope Francis's death has elicited an outpouring of grief in Indonesia, with tributes in the world's largest Muslim-majority country praising the pontiff's commitment to interfaith harmony and his stance on Israel's military offensive in Gaza. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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nightdream

Speaking of , Nature Loved and Lost is out today from Filter Feeder! supporting wildfire relief efforts in LA.

Theme: “how we process both joy and grief in our relationships with nature and community.”

There’s so much wonderful work on these pages. I’m pleased to share that my poem “veilator” has a space here too.

Download: seastarya.gumroad.com/l/nature

Print:
seastarya.gumroad.com/l/nature

the cover of "NATURE LOVED and LOST," with plants and a skeletal structure, perhaps a bird, in greens and orange. at the bottom an add to cart button with pricing of zero dollars plus.
In these pages, you'll find stories that weave together grief and hope through a wide range of perspectives. This is Filter Feeder's first print zine, with all proceeds supporting ongoing wildfire relief efforts in Los Angeles. Renewal is inevitable, but it requires cultivation and companionship. Thank you for spending time with these stories. I hope they inspire you to stay connected with your human and non- human communities-and to tend renewal for both.
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Nyr

I lost my mother a week ago. She'd been battling Alzheimer's for six years beside ripe old age. Let me tell you something: love has no expiration date nor is replaceable. Love must always be honored by all means for is the only thing that never dies within us. It is everlasting. Move through your loss, grow through your love & find a way to express them. Find ways to express and deal with your grief. #loss #grief

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Strange Seawolf 🕒 CET

#ScribesAndMakers 04/21—Do you create for a certain niche or do you hope to have as broad an appeal as possible?

Well, I am a pretty niche person so I think writing for a big audience wouldn't happen, anyway. I can't escape my brain. Of course the idea that it appeals to mainstream sounds nice and appealing and I can certainly see #HeraldPetrel as a series on a streaming service but I don't think it will happen.

I am happy to see that for those people who have read Herald Petrel it meant something. Perhaps because it creates a set of comfort characters that speak to people with #trauma and #grief as a background, perhaps because it dares to have likable characters, perhaps because the dead don't pile up for no reason at all, I don't know. I just know that if one reader says that they found comfort in reading it, it means the whole effort was worth it. And some said so, so it is worth that many times.

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