August 2026 Issue
Mildred’s Death Day
And Three More Stories About Dying, Loss, and Grief
On December 9, 2019, my grandma—wearing her favorite dress, with her hair set and makeup applied—sat in her favorite recliner, surrounded by family at home, and raised a glass of strawberry daiquiri for a toast. We all yelled “kanpai!” She thanked us, and drank. Eighteen minutes later, she was dead. Mildred was a complicated woman…
Fare Share
Is Pidgin Cooperative’s Worker-Owned Model the Future of Seattle’s Restaurant Industry?
Exposure Therapy
Mount Eerie’s Phil Elverum on Turning Grief Into Art
Columbia Funeral Home Greeted Visitors With the Dead for More Than a Century
Now It’s Rising From the Ashes
