As promised, a livestream cometh!
This Thursday the 28th at 7pm EST, I'll be speaking–live!– to my longterm book agent Anna Sproul-Latimer, who founded her own agency, Neon Literary (https://neonliterary.com...
2024-03-25 14:12:36 +0000 UTC View Post
"If you give a mouse a cookie he will ask for a glass of milk," as the classic children's book teaches us. Well, if you give a Caitlin a sabbatical, she will discover that her longtime interest in the Titanic is- in fact- deeply intertwined with the history of the North American funeral ...
2024-03-21 14:14:38 +0000 UTC View Post
She's back, baby! And crankier than ever!
Does putting out this new video (for the second month in a row!) mean my sabbatical is truly over? Someone (me, in this case) can't be working full time and be on sabbatical, right? Depends on your definition of sabbatical. About three months ...
2024-02-29 16:49:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Well folks, she made a video.
What this video IS:
1- A topic I'm completely fascinated by– why morgue managers at prestigious medical schools seem to think they can get away with SELLING body parts from lovingly donated bodies like it's a freakin' side hustle.
2- A video that ...
2024-01-19 15:33:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Dearest Deathlings,
In last month's letter I revealed that, in defiance of my sabbatical, I was back to working. Such willfulness Caitlin doth display, such hubris!
As I have since learned, the sabbatical is a cruel mistress and does not appreciate defiance. The week before Thanksgivi...
2023-12-22 19:50:10 +0000 UTC View Post
I walked into my fine local purveyor of lattes this morning and the barista asked "how's the sabbatical going?"
I give him a sort of glazed donut thousand yard stare. "Well, it's sort of... over?"
His eyebrows raise. "So, sounds like you didn't take the whole year, then?
I...
2023-11-16 20:29:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey there groovy ghouls and goblins,
It's me, reporting live from fall in Upstate New York. *Clinks goblets of pumpkin spice latte* Leaf peeping every weekend, hygge-haters can't stop me.
So, let's get real- what is happening, how is the sabbatical? When is it over?
Well, here's...
2023-10-26 15:54:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Ok listen folks, are you listening? Just let me speak, ok? Just.... alright. I know I'm supposed to be on sabbatical. I KNOW! Don't you think I know? It's just...you have to understand. Something came up. Something that filled my soul with fierce joy and myne eyes with fyre. And that is, of...
2023-09-20 19:19:43 +0000 UTC View PostFellow Deathlings,
It is I, Ericka, Caitlin’s colleague and intrepid reporter. For this month’s sabbatical check-in, I proposed an interview with Caitlin– asking her the questions the masses (th...
2023-08-29 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post![Ups & Downers [Cait-bbatical Vol. 2]](https://img5.doujinstars.com/storage/9/vs/ox/a4542c-019e8505-b25c-73ad-be77-ba2a03f50df8.png)
Hello my angels of death,
My parents an I watch a show on the History channel called Alone. If you haven't heard of it, imagine Survivor without the games, alliances, or contestant interactions. It's just survivalists dropped into Northern Canada right before winter (compl...
2023-07-29 19:00:18 +0000 UTC View PostMorning chickadees,
It is I, sabbatical Caitlin. Hear my plaintive cry echoing from the bottom of the sabbatical well. Splish splash I am taking a bath--- in the cool waters of non-work.
I mean... not exactly. I'm going to be honest with you– so far, the three weeks of Cait-batical ...
2023-06-28 16:33:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello deathlings,
I am excited– yes, excited– to announce that I will be taking a sabbatical. I use the word excited because I mean it. I'm genuinely filled with hope for what the coming months will bring.
To be honest, the suggestion that I should take a break– a REAL break– ...
2023-05-25 15:02:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Well, here I am folks, Googling inspirational quotes about how love comes with risk.
Examples (imagine these on backdrops of sand, mountains, clasped hands, false attributions to Abraham Lincoln, etc)
**
“To love is to risk. Therefore, to love is to be brave.”
“Love,...
2023-04-20 18:48:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Good afternoon my sweet poodles,
It is I, Caitlin.
There is a new YouTube main channel documentary making its way into the world in the next few weeks– but I couldn't leave you all hanging. (Spoiler: like the New England whalers left the Inuit hanging after they rem...
2023-03-30 16:30:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Deathlings!
Why do I keep returning to whale ships from Nantucket as a source of inspiration?
Knowing me (as many of you do) there are the whales themselves–large, scary. Then there’s the thirst for blood, oil, and glory in new American capitalism –the drama writes itself!...
2023-02-23 18:00:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Deathlings,
Human composting is legal in the state of New York!
[DISCO BALL DESCENDS, BEAT DROPS, CONFETTI CANNON FIRES -- ALL THE DEATHLINGS IN THE HOUSE SAY "Heeeeeeeeey!"]
And while I feel especially invested in this and have been working with some amazing people ...
2023-01-25 22:50:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Deathlings!
You read that right. It's a My Girl watch-fest: on the main channel, I watch & react to the original My Girl AND right here, just for you on Patreon, we have a *BONUS*...
2023-01-06 16:13:27 +0000 UTC View PostHappy New Year Deathlings!
We're releasing a NEW VIDEO tomorrow*, our first of 2023, and I wanted drop by and give you all a little CLUE about it.
See that bee up there? That's your clue.
We're trying a couple new things with this video, so we'll be interested to hea...
2023-01-05 18:38:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings Deathlings,
'Tis the season! Therefore I'm dragging my somehow both desiccated and phlegmy carcass out of bed and propping it up in front of the camera.
OK, it's not that bad, I'm on the mend and vultures are no longer circling my home. But this wi...
2022-12-19 20:28:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings Deathlings,
I hope December is being kind to you. Among other things, I've been lurking around furniture stores looking for lovely, one-of-a-kind pieces that say, "Good tidings Caitlin, I am both comfortable and aesthetically remarkable AND I come at a fair and reasonable pr...
2022-12-06 20:48:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings Deathlings!
I hope your week has been one of rest, nourishment, and warm beverages. I'm chasing my usual coffee with an artisanal spiced apple cider thing – I'm really going extra with this bougie New England lady in the woods vibe.
But yes, I am all moved into my ne...
2022-11-25 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Deathlings!
Well I have a certain Christmas tune stuck in my head right now.
I challenge you to watch to the very end of the video and not be humming it through New Year's.
Dick Hamm ditties aside and this new video that we are very passionate about but h...
2022-11-11 18:46:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Deathlings!
It's that time of the year again: the leaves fall, everything from our lattes to our car's wiper fluid is pumpkin spiced, and merch goes on sale.
Oh what's that you say? A sale?
Why yes! Starting this Friday November 11th through Frida...
2022-11-09 20:28:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings Deathlings Returning and New,
Well here I am beginning another post with, IT'S BEEN A WEEK.
But unlike last week when a nap and a puppy seemed like the only things that could soothe my weary soul, this week's "IT'S BEEN A WEEK" comes from a place of gratitude. We...
2022-10-20 20:37:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Deathlings,
I'll keep this brief, mainly because I'm more eloquent in the video than I feel like I can be right now and also because your mortician is TIRED. Not like "tired of making videos" tired, more "I need a nap and someone to bring me a fancy latte" tired. Light some cand...
2022-10-14 16:54:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings Deathlings!
We have such a big video for you today. I feel like I've been talking around this video for months – not wanting to spoil it, not wanting to let the cat out of the bag. I'll get into this more in the 2022-09-23 17:58:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Deathlings,
Come hang out with me on Wednesday, September 28th at 6pm EST! Via livestream, I'll be talking about all the things that went into making the BIG video we're dropping this week as well as answering your questions.
Doing a Patron-only live...
2022-09-21 22:30:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Deathlings,
I really do love that this video is like Ask a Mortician All-Stars. Few things warm my cold, dead, cynical heart like being able to collaborate with a team of thoughtful and brilliant death educators. Pinch me, it's a dream.
Of course I'm talking about em...
2022-08-12 16:28:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Deathlings!
Who doesn't love mom texts. Texts from any parent or ELDER, really.
Sometimes my mom texts me random goings on from home, like DID YOU KNOW KELLY FROM 3RD GRADE IS A DOCTOR NOW? But other times, I've got to hand it to Mother Doughty, she has a nose for the unus...
2022-08-05 18:41:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings Deathlings,
I realize we have common interests and the mere fact that you're here reading this already sort of answers this question, but I'm curious: when you travel, whether it's Cuba, MO or the island country of Cuba, what are the first things you look up to visit?
...
2022-07-23 16:05:09 +0000 UTC View Post