Five Pounds

A canyon wren whistling in the high desert, looking for insects. Seems normal, right? But, a few months ago, it was a human being. In the transition, there was a 5-lb urn of ashes that belonged to the human, set aside at the bottom of a cliff.
This is a story about looking at the dust that’s in the urn and reflecting upon the life lived by the human. Where did things start and end? What could’ve been done differently? Read more here.

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