wind phone
Grief is a universal human experience—and yet, it is often met with silence, isolation, or avoidance. Our Sanctuary Wind Phone offers a sacred space where people can speak their grief aloud, in their own time, in their own words, without judgment or interruption.
sanctuary wind phone
In May 2025, the Grievers Library installed its first Wind Phone, located in the same Seattle cemetery where we have also sited a little grief library, in order to offer a rare public sanctuary where grievers can privately connect with loved ones who have died.
The Sanctuary Wind Phone is nestled beneath a towering cedar tree in the northwest corner of Crown Hill Cemetery (8712 12th Ave NW). Open from dawn to dusk, the cemetery invites visitors to follow a grassy path to a vintage rotary phone housed in a hand-built wooden booth.
Designed, constructed and installed by fine woodworker Wayne Myers, the structure was crafted from reclaimed and donated materials. The vintage rotary wall phone was generously donated by Dabney Youtz.
LEARN about the first Wind Phone in Japan HERE
wind phone lending library
WE ACCEPT PHONE DONATIONS!
To donate a Western Electric model 500 rotary desk phone, please ship to:
Grievers Library
5004 6th Ave NW
Seattle WA 98107
Thank you!
The Grievers Library is offering its Wind Phone Lending Library to Seattle-area bereavement organizations. Consisting of a vintage rotary phone tucked inside a school backpack, these mobile Wind Phones allow bereaved individuals and families to speak with their lost loved one wherever they wish—at the beach, or a windy cliff, or beside a friend or relative's grave...
RECIPIENT ORGANIZATIONS
Each organization receives a pair of backpacks containing vintage rotary phones. Lending policies differ by organization.
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The Compassionate Friends of South King County
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Widowed Information and Consultation Services (WICS)
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The Healing Center, Seattle (pending delivery)
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Journey Grief Program, Seattle Childrens (pending delivery)
DONATING INDIVIDUALS + ORGANIZATIONS
VINTAGE PHONES:
CONNECTIONS MUSEUM
Anonymous
Alison Jennings
Dabney Youtz
BACKPACKS:
WICS
JanSport
card in Wind Phone backpack
