We are providing one evening of grief support and a time to remember loved ones around the holidays. We will offer coping skills, time to share stories and concerns, and non-religious ornaments that a name or message can be written on and then hung on...

  Wednesday, October 25, 2023 6 pm - 8 pm Experienced Goods 80 Flat St, Brattleboro Hosted by Brattleboro Area Hospice The end of October is a fitting time to hold a Death Cafe. In many traditions, it is the season when the veil between the world of the living and...

Annual Memorial Service to Remember Those Lost to Substance Use & Overdose   Thursday, August 31, 2023 at 5:30 pm Buzzy Towne Park-S Main St, Wilmington VT   Voices of Hope and Brattleboro Area Hospice invite you to a non-religious service with music, readings, and more, including a memorial candle...

Zeke was a stunning “Gentle Giant” who was a German Shepherd with some Border Collie mixed in for fun. He rescued me in July of 2017 from the Monadnock Humane Society.  He LOVED tennis balls and I’m still finding them in the yard. He was gentle...

When you think about some of your most engaging and interesting conversations, didn't many of them happen around a kitchen table? As the poet Joy Harjo says, "the world begins at a kitchen table".   Please join us for a casual and informative discussion about green burial...

Memorial Garden Planting Service Tuesday, June 6, 2023 from 5 - 7 pm After several years of disruptions and rescheduled services, our annual June Planting Service is back. This simple but always moving ceremony features the reading of names of loved ones lost in the past year,...

  My kids and I chose Ringo from the available adult cats at the Bucks County SPCA in Lahaska, PA on February 14, 2010 (that date became her 'official' birthday). She made herself right at home instantly; no break-in period required.   When  I worked from home, Ringo would...

Chump strolled into our lives in a parking lot in downtown Brattleboro one day late in fall. A kitten who had obviously been on the streets for some time, he was nonetheless affectionate and playful. We brought him to the Windham County Humane Society so...

The next Kitchen Table Conversation will be on the subject of Advance Care Planning and will be held on Wednesday, April 12 from 6 to 8 pm at Experienced Goods.   What is a Kitchen Table Conversation? When you think about some of your most engaging and interesting...

We will be hosting a Death Cafe at Experienced Goods, 80 Flat Street, Brattleboro on Saturday, March 25, 2023 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. (Please note that the store will be closed for shopping!) Come join curious and like-minded folks to talk about death while enjoying...