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Ironically, it was this desire to be close to the dead that ultimately helped usher bodies out of the home. Embalming—which advanced as a science around the same time as the Civil War—allowed for the corpses…
Talk Books. Drink Coffee.
Australian Spec-fic writer. Feminist. Weirdo.
Walking in the footsteps of great writers
Finding my way back out of motherhood -- while mothering
Random ponderings on the state of the Universe
Nancy Roman
tell your stories, love your life
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Jean M. Cogdell, Author-Writing something worth reading, one word at a time in easy to swallow bite size portions.
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Talk Books. Drink Coffee.
Australian Spec-fic writer. Feminist. Weirdo.
Walking in the footsteps of great writers
Finding my way back out of motherhood -- while mothering
Random ponderings on the state of the Universe
Nancy Roman
tell your stories, love your life
Purposeful Content Creator
Jean M. Cogdell, Author-Writing something worth reading, one word at a time in easy to swallow bite size portions.
A daily selection of the best content published on WordPress, collected for you by humans who love to read.
