Gertie, EOL-doula ,death midwife

Gertie, EOL-doula ,death midwife after being a volunteer at hospice for the last 17 years I did several trainings this summer to become an eol-doula/death midwife.

The loop is secure on the plywood with tie rips and willow. Have to soak the willow a little longer to be able to make b...
07/20/2026

The loop is secure on the plywood with tie rips and willow. Have to soak the willow a little longer to be able to make butterflies as the willow cracks, maybe need to sort out some thinner once’s . The bark broke when I nailed it , should have bought that nail-gun last week when it was on sale . While waiting on the willow , have to come up with language for the sign and order it . 4x4 is cut to 7 foot , all in all project is moving on nicely

07/16/2026

These are some of the people I have the honor to work with as a hospice volunteer

The grapevine soaked long enough but it was still a little wrestling match to wrap it around the base shape . Now lettin...
06/27/2026

The grapevine soaked long enough but it was still a little wrestling match to wrap it around the base shape . Now letting it dry for a little bit and secure to the background .I might have to grab some green vines to do a little touch up afterwards but there is plenty growing

So for a long time I feel the nature trail at our local historical village and museum needs a wind-phone for grieving pe...
06/17/2026

So for a long time I feel the nature trail at our local historical village and museum needs a wind-phone for grieving people to make “ one more phone call “ I have seen pretty colorful once but in my mind this one needs to blend in . When I ran the idea by Dan , the administrator, he gave me the ok to give it a shot . So I sourced local grapevine , turned that into a wreath, that I then soaked for a week so that today I could nail it on a piece of plywood I cut out and stained in the shape of a tear . My vision is to take of the wreath when it’s dried in shape and add more vines to it to give it more body to be the housing of the phone , attach bark that comes from the museum grounds to the back before adding the phone and sign and use locally grown willow to weave a few butterflies to add to the top of the pole the tear will sit on and then decorate te pole with more found think grapevine. Time will tell if I can make my hands to make what my eyes are so clearly see .

https://www.mywindphone.com/

Such an important thing to happen for those that want to use it .
05/28/2026

Such an important thing to happen for those that want to use it .

Republican State Rep. Matthew Bierlein called it a morally questionable proposal that lacks the buy-in of health care professionals.

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