by KimBoo York | May 23, 2017 | Atheism, Grief
I am a librarian, and so I read a lot about libraries, books, literacy, and the Internet. Ironically, I do most of this reading on the Internet via blog posts, forums/groups, industry news outlets, and, yes, mainstream media. Even more ironically, such news is often...
by KimBoo York | May 4, 2015 | Atheism, Mourning
Can we, as atheists with no real common denominator other than what we don’t believe in, use celebrity mourning as any kind of guide or measure for more personal tragedies? I think so. The thing that strikes me about the events I bring up here, from Princess Di to...
by KimBoo York | Mar 2, 2014 | Atheism
Last week I bailed on facebook because of an encounter with a friend and fellow atheist, who dragged my character through the mud in order to justify his experiences with Alcoholics Anonymous. His entire argument rested on the fact that even an atheist can...
by KimBoo York | Feb 4, 2014 | Atheism, Mourning
Talented, award-winning actor and all-round nice guy Phillip Seymour Hoffman died at some point on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014 from (it is assumed) a drug overdose. He had a documented issue with addiction and so this goes down as another fabulous actor lost to drugs. I am...
by KimBoo York | Jan 25, 2014 | Atheism, Grief, Mourning, Reflections
I was talking to my colleague Jennifer Miracle about blogging and specifically about my upcoming debut as a columnist for Atheist Republic, where I will be writing about grief and mourning issues. I was talking about how I don’t feel much like an expert on the...
by KimBoo York | Jan 10, 2014 | Atheism, Grief
The grieving atheist’s consolation is not in hope but in love. The theme of reunion runs through a lot of religions, and many people of faith rest the burden of their grief on the hope that someday they will be reunited with their loved ones. They believe that they...
