A nonprofit gathering

Talking about death
won't kill you.

But it might just change how you live.

Mortal Musings creates relaxed, welcoming spaces for honest — and sometimes surprisingly funny — conversations about death and dying. All backgrounds welcome. All questions welcome. Even the ones that make you squirm.

Join the ConversationAlways free. Always welcoming.
Mortal Musings logo — an hourglass with stars and laurel leaves

What we do.

Three recurring formats. Come to one. Come to all. Come once and never again — also fine.

Clinton Death Cafe

Free-flowing conversation over coffee and cake. No agenda, no grief counseling. Just people talking honestly about life's biggest topic.

Guest Speakers

End-of-Life Doulas, doctors, funeral directors, hospice workers, clergy: sharing what they've learned from living closest to death.

Site Visits

Funeral homes, cemeteries, hospice, crematories. Places most of us avoid — until we can't. Let's go before we have to.

All events are free. All opinions welcome. Death doesn't discriminate, and neither do we.

Mortal Musings is an independent nonprofit with no religious or organizational affiliations.

60+
events hosted
6
years of conversation
Free
always, for everyone