Death Café

Jul 10, 2020 Editorial

Death, the taboo conversation stopper, has been peeking out of the closet in recent years. Death Café’s have become increasingly popular and Portland has a particularly vibrant Death Café culture. The purpose of the Death Café movement is succinctly stated as ‘to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives’. 

For now, I leave you with the short video below, but I hope to have Death Café become a regularly feature where meditations on death take place from time to time.

About David Chilstrom

Born in Portland, Oregon; I’ve also lived in Boise Idaho, Seattle WA, and Colorado. My work life has mostly revolved around publishing in some form or another. I’ve worked decades as a printer and moved to digital publishing as a web, ebook, and database developer. I’ve lived communally most of my life, as a founding member of the Still Meadow community in Damascus, Oregon, at Sunrise Ranch near Loveland, Colorado and, since 2012, I’ve lived at Cascadia Commons with my partner Sue Staehli.
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