2013 in Review
Posted on Feb 26, 2014 | Last Updated Jan 16, 2023
Newsletter about 2013, including various losses in our family and other news.
2013, loss, death, dad, dog, opportunities
Donald George Olson died at 72
Some memories and thoughts about my Dad
Posted on Mar 24, 2013 | Last Updated Apr 27, 2013


















My Dad, Donald George Olson, died on March 18, 2013... just four days shy of his 73rd birthday.
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Everything Fades
Posted on Oct 19, 2002 | Last Updated Oct 30, 2011
A poem on losing someone close. I wrote it in memory of my Grandfather Clarence Himes.
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SMO.net Online News
Posted on Jun 4, 2003 | Last Updated Jun 4, 2003
News regarding art, poetry and photography in Columbus, Ohio
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The Fox & the Dog
Posted on Mar 16, 2003 | Last Updated Oct 31, 2011
Even a dog can get played.
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The other end of life
Posted on Oct 19, 2002 | Last Updated Oct 26, 2011
An emotional editorial by Shawn Olson about old age originally printed in the Messenger.
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Reflections on the precariousness of life
Posted on Aug 8, 2004 | Last Updated Nov 7, 2011
Philosophical essay on life and death sparked by a family trip where a pigeon collided with the car and we had a flat tire.
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