This post seems to be about endings ...

Sunset is my favorite time of the day. I love how it can be dramatic or soft, or metallic. Sometimes the bay seems to be lit from below. The photographer Lora Drasner published a wonderful book on the subject called, simply, Sunsets. There are photos from around the world (it took her three years to gather all the pictures), including several from Washington State (she was born here).

Good to Go: a Guide to Preparing for the End of Life, by Jo Myers was a nice surprise. All sorts of information on writing wills, setting up power of attorney, funerals (and alternatives) and more, coupled with real life experience in dealing with a family in bereavement from the author. Excellent advice from professionals is also included.

Where Are They Buried? How Did They Die? by Tod Benoit. The subtitle here is the best description: 'fitting ends and final resting places of the famous, infamous, and noteworthy' .... Easy to read in between other books, or during ads on tv (I've said this about books before), there's a good assortment of long ago and recent deaths (this is the updated version of the book). The author includes locations and directions to those listed so, depending on what you like to do on vacation, it's also a road trip book.

The Buryin' Barry mystery series, by Mark de Castrique, is set in a funeral home that has been in the family for generations. In the first book, Dangerous Undertaking, Barry has returned home to help out because of his father's failing health. Something I've really enjoyed is that there are always two mysteries going on ... one past, one present. One of the titles in the series offers a clue, too! ;-)

An excellent suggestion from Canadian Reader gave me the ending (sorry) for this post ... last meals!

If you knew when your last meal would be, what would you have? My Last Supper: 50 Great Chefs and Their Final Meals: Portraits, Interviews, and Recipes, by Melanie Dunea answers that question (at least for those interviewed), plus things like what music, who would be at the table, and who would cook.

Have you ever considered hosting a theme dinner? Say, one about the Titanic? Last Dinner on the Titanic: Menus and Recipes from the Great Liner, by Rick Archbold and Dana McCauley not only explains what was served on the Titanic that fateful night, but offers suggestions on how to plan just such an event (up to a certain point, of course).

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