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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Donna Olson died at 55
Posted on Aug 6, 2003 | Last Updated Oct 31, 2011
Donna Olson, my mother, died on August 4, 2003.
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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
![Donald Olson and Brianna Smith](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/4115_dad_bri_crazy.jpg)
![Dad shows Hayden thumb trick.](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/4122_dad_hayden_thumb.jpg)
![Dad smiles in Hat](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/4120_dad_in_hat.jpg)
![Don and Donna Olson.](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/4127_mom_dad.jpg)
![don and shawn](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/4126_dad_shawn_zoo.jpg)
![Olsons in Grove City](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/4125_dad_mom_faith_eric.jpg)
![donald and beverly olson](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/4114_baby_don_bev.jpg)
![Olson Wedding Photo](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/4130_mom_dad_wedding.jpg)
![Donald and Ethan](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/4131_emo_dgo_bw.jpg)
![Olson Boys when Don moved out](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/4135_olsons_leave_home.jpg)
![Dad and Harold](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/4118_dad_harold.jpg)
![Faith and Dad on Couch](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/4128_faith_dad.jpg)
![Dalmas and Donald](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/4119_dad_and_dalmas.jpg)
![Shawn's First Birthday with Mom and Dad](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/4129_mom_dad_shawn.jpg)
![Olson Brothers in Killdeer](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/4132_olson_brothers.jpg)
![Olson Family Portrait.](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/4137_olsons_olan_mills.jpg)
![Olsons 1990](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/4134_olson_clan_1990s.jpg)
![Shawn, Doug and Donald.](/media/1/image/jpeg/tiny/4136_shawn_doug_dad.jpg)
My Dad, Donald George Olson, died on March 18, 2013... just four days shy of his 73rd birthday.
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Life and Death
Posted on Jun 4, 2003 | Last Updated Nov 19, 2011
Essays about life, old age and death.
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.
loss sadness, death, mourning loss, family death
Age of Drunken Gods
Posted on Feb 6, 2003 | Last Updated Oct 31, 2011
Poem on the greed and mania of our age.
greed, age drunken gods, poem, poetry
New Age Art
Posted on Jun 4, 2003 | Last Updated Apr 25, 2013
Art projects classified as new age art.
New Age Art
Adieu Cringe
Posted on Dec 25, 2003 | Last Updated Nov 2, 2011
2003 is coming to an end with the final Cringe show. This year my mother died, my friend John Hart died, and my favorite band broke up.
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