Living & Dying: A Hospice Blog

by Jennie Reichman Hello, and welcome to Experienced Goods! Face mask? Check. Hand sanitizer? Check. Willingness to maintain the six-foot distance protocol? Check. So excited to be shopping again at the world’s best thrift store you can barely stand it? Double check!! On Tuesday, July 7,...

By Lars Hunter Bereavement Program Coordinator As I drive through the backroads of Vermont I’m overwhelmed with the color nature provides us this time of year. The lush green trees covering the mountains and long open meadows, and the wildflowers as they brightly blaze on the roadside...

By Sarah Cooper-Ellis A phantom lives forever in our love, the great sorrow embodied there.  The saying goes: “Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.” Is it? How deeply do you want to let love into every fiber of your muscles,...

Dear Alice, Hi! It's me, the Concerned Supporter again, with the questions you suggested I send you last month. My questions are about planning for the possibility of dementia. A friend of mine who has seen several family members go through Alzheimer's is currently doing his...

The Quiet Reflective Days of Hallowell by Kathy Leo Hallowell is resting, like so much of the world during this time of change. We are quiet and wondering. Socially distanced. Humming from our own homes and surroundings. We are not visiting people in their homes. We are...

Brattleboro Area Hospice has not currently scheduled its next Volunteer Training due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Applications for future training are being accepted now; we will contact you when the next sessions are scheduled to see whether you are still interested in and able to...

Brattleboro Area Hospice is sponsoring “A Service of Remembrance for Loss From Addiction: A gathering for those grieving the death of a loved one to addiction”. The service will take place Wednesday December 18, 2019, 6pm at Centre Congregational Church 193 Main St. Brattleboro, VT. The...

Are you an adult grieving the loss of a parent either recently or in the past?  Come to our Parent Loss Support Group, which meets every first and third Thursday of the month from 5 to 6:30 p.m. This will be an ongoing group with...

On Friday, November 1 we will have our 17th Annual Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) Celebration and Community Altar! Join us during Gallery Walk from 5pm to 7pm at Experienced Goods at 77 Flat Street in Brattleboro. Inspired by the Latin American holiday...