PinnedExpectations Versus a Gothic Reality: What Do You Want Out of Life?My reality had been a lie. While I wasn’t “lying” per se, about what I was doing, who I was, or where I was; I was lying to myself.Mar 12, 20229Mar 12, 20229
PinnedThe Long and Winding Road: How I Became a Funeral DirectorImagine the response when I let it be known I had interest in becoming a funeral director…Jan 24, 2020Jan 24, 2020
Funeral Service and an Unholy UnionI consider what I do an honor. I believe being a funeral director is a privilege and not a right.Oct 19Oct 19
Unfair Work Conditions or Fair Expectations of Being a Funeral Director?Do people really sit and stare at this sheet until a funeral home opens in the morning?Oct 14Oct 14
A Letter to My Future, Productive and Reliable SelfLooking into the future, I see many things. I cannot actually see the future, or know what will happen; but I can envision my life ahead.Aug 25Aug 25
A Letter to My Younger, More Troubled and Unreliable SelfDear Noah, it’s 2024. You’ll be 40 years old in September. You have to trust me here.Aug 11Aug 11
Death on the Other Side: When a Funeral Director Needs a Funeral DirectorFuneral directors also suffer from mortality. We are not immortal. Nor are we immune to walking through death’s door. We lose people, too.Aug 7Aug 7
Published inIn Search of the GothicWe All Have a Little Frankenstein in UsWe all have a little curiosity about ourselves when it comes to the Gothic reality in which we live.Aug 62Aug 62
Closing Time, Noah. Last Call for My Thirties.On September 20, 2024, I will turn 40 years old.Jul 30Jul 30
