Tech comes for us all I guess.

Happy 10 years to Silent Book Club! You get to do the best part of a book club, which is the reading, with no requirement to discuss afterwards. It was also my first time at the incredible Morbid Anatomy Library, a space that combines death, art, anatomy, and magic…I spent as much time looking around as reading. It was a fun setting for a meeting of the…

HK was on hand to talk about the challenges of starting a conservation cemetery during a discussion hosted by Vanessa Bertozzi with Partners for Climate Action Hudson Valley. The video above starts at 40:05 where HK (and Suzanne) answer why there are less than 20 conservation cemeteries in the U.S. but the entire hour-long video is worth your time. Suzanne Kelly of Natural Burial Grounds at the Town of Rhinebeck Cemetery gives a longer talk about "The Ecological Benefits of Natural Burial."

Today is #chuseok, the Korean iteration of #harvestmoon! It’s great to get together, put on colorful #hanbok, and eat all day. My family takes it old school with performing a #charae ceremony first thing in the morning to give thanks. My favorite part is physically opening the front door at the start to invite the #ancestors in; I imagine a gaggle of old timey ghosts, happy to visit us. Afterwards, it's time for #kpop #karaoke and #danceparty. I love being able to share these traditions with the kids, both old and new. Happy Chuseok!

It was a packed house on a Sunday afternoon at historic Green-Wood Cemetery, necessitating overflow seating in the aisles and out the door of the modern chapel. You'd be forgiven for thinking a celebrity was in attendance but everyone was there to learn about natural burials. Amy Cunningham gave a moving educational talk, Sarah Lasswell provided hands on experience in shrouding and casket weaving, and Gabrielle Ungaro-Gatto (

Are you looking for the best activity with your kids in the last days of summer? Hold a #naturalburial in your yard for some #roadkill! I’ve been anxious about the performance of high-clay soil in the #hudsonvalley for decomposition so when I had a chance to add one point to the data set, I rounded up some volunteers from around the home to memorialize Billy the Racoon. We will share progress periodically! 😬

If an alien touched down and asked me to name humanity’s greatest invention, I wouldn’t hesitate: bridges. They don’t just get us from point A to point B; they connect people, places, and ideas. And let’s be honest, they are beautiful in their utility. Case in point: the humble Rip Van Winkle Bridge, where someone loved the view so much they actually installed a selfie frame—clearly designed with aliens and their extra-long arms in mind.

As you know, life is both incredibly simple and incredibly complex. I once shared a cab with a Finance coworker and she asked if I thought my Chemistry degree was a waste of time in retrospect. My response was that the seat she is sitting on is over 99.99% NOTHINGNESS, and that the teeny bit of electrons/protons/neutrons that ARE there have such strong, dynamic forces that they are keeping her from falling through the seat and the bottom of the cab and becoming roadkill.