Life and Death
Posted Jun 4, 2003
Last Updated Nov 19, 2011
Essays about life, old age and death. Includes musings about my lost loved ones.
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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The most important things
Posted on Apr 27, 2003 | Last Updated Oct 31, 2011
Putting human struggles and value into perspective.
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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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A World Without Pain
Posted on Sep 2, 2005 | Last Updated Nov 8, 2011
An essay in reaction to the New Orleans disaster following hurricane Katrina.
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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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