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Good Memories from the Badlands
Posted on May 31, 2021 | Last Updated Jun 1, 2021
Photos from my trip to Killdeer and Medora in Western North Dakota.
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Hayden Olson Born
Posted on Jun 28, 2007 | Last Updated Nov 11, 2011
Hayden Michael Olson was born on June 28, 2007.
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It's a Boy
Posted on Feb 22, 2007 | Last Updated Nov 11, 2011
Jenny and I will be new parents again this summer.
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Hole in my Heel
Posted on Jan 27, 2005 | Last Updated Nov 8, 2011
The story of how I survived a wound that killed legendary Achilles.
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The knock at the door
Posted on Dec 1, 2003 | Last Updated Nov 2, 2011
Mom used to pull pranks on us as kids... so I couldn't help pulling pranks on her too.
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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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