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    Recipe for Solace
    Dina Stander
    • Apr 12
    • 3 min

    Recipe for Solace

    Another breath, a little flow of gratitude, a memory of dancing with abandon. My recipe for solace.
    56 views0 comments
    A Welcome Guest
    Dina Stander
    • Apr 4
    • 8 min

    A Welcome Guest

    A Reflection on Doula Bags, Boffo, and the EOLD Marketplace.
    454 views0 comments
    Small Mercy ~ A February Tale
    Dina Stander
    • Feb 5
    • 3 min

    Small Mercy ~ A February Tale

    February does have a way of smacking you in the head and leaving you stunned.
    43 views0 comments
    The Blessing of Enough
    Dina Stander
    • Jan 27
    • 2 min

    The Blessing of Enough

    A short meditation on the maps we draw from existing and the importance of signing our art.
    120 views0 comments
    A Friend to Stumps By the Side of the Road
    Dina Stander
    • Dec 12, 2021
    • 3 min

    A Friend to Stumps By the Side of the Road

    Driving home in the glimmer of a winter dusk. Death walker, story listener, a friend to stumps by the side of the road.
    186 views0 comments
    Practice Notes: Nursing Home Residents & EOL Doula Care
    Dina Stander
    • Nov 8, 2021
    • 9 min

    Practice Notes: Nursing Home Residents & EOL Doula Care

    The doors of a nursing home should never be a barrier to good end-of-life care for the people we love. A doula can help.
    895 views0 comments
    Housewife Blues ~ the slideshow
    Dina Stander
    • Sep 10, 2021
    • 1 min

    Housewife Blues ~ the slideshow

    dispatches from the garden of broken things
    68 views0 comments
    Soft Time: the handmade shrouds of Dina Stander
    Dina Stander
    • Sep 8, 2021
    • 1 min

    Soft Time: the handmade shrouds of Dina Stander

    A remarkable conversation about the work and why of shrouding with documentary film maker Jan Sturman.
    99 views0 comments
    A Gratitude for Unseen Helpers
    Dina Stander
    • Aug 23, 2021
    • 3 min

    A Gratitude for Unseen Helpers

    Like most of us navigating the troubled waters of 2021, I am struggling to stay afloat. Today I am pulling myself out of the roiled...
    98 views1 comment
    A Review of Parting Stone
    Dina Stander
    • Aug 2, 2021
    • 4 min

    A Review of Parting Stone

    A stone can be held close to the heart before being buried. You can whisper your truth to it and it will carry your blessing into the earth.
    980 views5 comments
    A Celebrant Navigates the Covidiverse
    Dina Stander
    • Aug 1, 2021
    • 3 min

    A Celebrant Navigates the Covidiverse

    Today's day at the office... was thought provoking. After a year and a half of Zoom funerals and a few small or hybrid gatherings...
    72 views0 comments
    We meet often, Death and I...
    Dina Stander
    • Jul 30, 2021
    • 0 min

    We meet often, Death and I...

    79 views0 comments
    Shrouding Practice: Kathryn Swanson's Fabric'sCool
    Dina Stander
    • Jul 22, 2021
    • 1 min

    Shrouding Practice: Kathryn Swanson's Fabric'sCool

    I put together a short slideshow of still images from a video taped conversation between myself (in my Last Dance Shrouds hat) and...
    78 views0 comments
    On Justice, Resource Access, and End-of-life Care
    Dina Stander
    • Jun 6, 2021
    • 4 min

    On Justice, Resource Access, and End-of-life Care

    Resolve obstacles ~ reduce suffering. In this way the world is mended.
    107 views0 comments
    Visiting the Phone of the Wind in Provincetown
    Dina Stander
    • May 1, 2021
    • 5 min

    Visiting the Phone of the Wind in Provincetown

    A wind phone booth is one of those magical places that, without fail, is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside.
    166 views0 comments
    In Like a Lion
    Dina Stander
    • Apr 27, 2021
    • 6 min

    In Like a Lion

    In which a hospital stay reveals a new and hard earned evolution of emotional intelligence. We must heal the healers.
    155 views1 comment
    tikkun olam ~ mending the world
    Dina Stander
    • Apr 21, 2021
    • 1 min

    tikkun olam ~ mending the world

    Resolve obstacles ~ reduce suffering. In this way the world is mended.
    48 views0 comments
    kvelling
    Dina Stander
    • Mar 12, 2021
    • 0 min

    kvelling

    I wander out and bend into mercy, pushing away leaves to find a purple coyote amongst the detritus.
    24 views0 comments
    Tender Bits
    Dina Stander
    • Mar 7, 2021
    • 5 min

    Tender Bits

    Some things just cannot be fixed. The trick is finding a way to let off the steam, learning to heal without a cure.
    72 views1 comment
    Safe home Lawrence Ferlinghetti ~ 2/23/21
    Dina Stander
    • Feb 23, 2021
    • 1 min

    Safe home Lawrence Ferlinghetti ~ 2/23/21

    ... he was hanging something up on a wall, pounding a nail, laughing, he looked over his shoulder at the camera. There was a spark.
    55 views0 comments
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