Friday Ark

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Cats, Dogs, Spiders and ? every Friday.
We’ll post links to sites that have Friday (plus or minus a few days) photos of their chosen animals as I see them (photoshops at our discretion and humans only in supporting roles).
Leave a comment or trackback to this post or email Modulator and we’ll add yours to the list. Check back regularly for updates throughout the day on Fridays and somewhat less frequently over the weekend.
Dog folks: remember to submit your links to the Carnival of the Dogs hosted by Mickey’s Musings.
Cat folks: remember to submit your links to the Carnival of the Cats which goes up every Sunday and will be hosted this week by Watermark.
And, check out Laurence’s fine graphical analysis of Friday Ark boardings.
Arkive editions of the Friday Ark.
New this boarding is the In Memoriam section. This week it is dedicated to Edloe. Please let me know if you have or know a post that should be included.
Cats

InvertebratesDogsBirdsOther VertebratesIn Memoriam: EdloeDidn’t Make ItExceptions (inclusion not guaranteed)

What To Do When…

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….you die.
Well, most folks get stowed away 6 feet under in a box. Some visit an oven and end up blowing in the wind, sitting on a mantle or perhaps stashed in the closet. I haven’t thought about this often and when I have the right thing always seemed to be to get buried without the box…a return to the earth kind of thing.
There is another option which is worth giving some thought to:

It’s one of the most personal choices someone can make — deciding to give one’s body to medical science. As part of a series on the end of life and the gift of teaching, NPR’s Melissa Block talks to people who have have offered to become body donors.

Yes, take the organ donor idea one step further and donate your entire body. You can still do the ash, box or return to the earth thing when you are done teaching.
Something to think about and to incorporate into your living will (hmmm,…I’d better get one of those done!)