An urn cost more than my rent. So I scattered my mother’s ashes at Yosemite from a Ziploc bag, without the federal permit I couldn’t afford to wait for My mother is in a Ziploc bag on my lap, wedged between a half-eaten bag of trail mix and my purse. My stomach is queasy from the switchbacks up...
Source: [Guardian International](https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-interactive/2026/oct/16/death-care-industry-burial-costs-cremation)