When I was about 13, a church play came out that was really popular called Saturdays Warrior.  So called because we generations in these "latter days" are the chosen ones.  The most elite and strongest spirits saved for these latter days when only the strongest can survive thi… Read full post »

First a warning to my OS family and community.  This is not a rant or a b*#ch session.  Not a what is wrong with the government, politics, politicians, celebrities or you piece.  This is the best thing I have heard in a while and whatever their deep down reasons are/… Read full post »

Your body wrapped around mine

Like a protective cocoon.

Arms and legs folding my body

In close to yours.

Chin resting atop my head.

Our bodies spooned perfectly,

Nesting together as if they had

Been made for just this purpose.

Never… Read full post »

I have thought of writing about this off and on but knowing there are those who would scoff, have chosen not to.  Also as Wendy Orange discovered, the magic can be lost in the telling.  Now, though, I have decided to go ahead and share with you my brush with/… Read full post »

The following list was not written by me and I take no credit for it.  It was posted on Facebook by one of my friends who has an autistic child.  I thought it was a great list and wanted to share it with you.  So here it is, reprinted with permission… Read full post »

Many years ago I worked with a man that I became friends with.  He was, is, a very private man, yet he came to trust me enough as a friend to share with me that he had experienced a near death experience (NDE).  He had been in a hang glider/… Read full post »

Cancer took a good man today.  Merlin Jay Olsen was born on September 15, 1940 in Logan, Utah.  He was diagnosed with Mesothelioma in 2009 and endured three rounds of chemotherapy.  He leaves behind his parents, eight siblings, his wife and their three children and four grandchildren.… Read full post »

 Recently I was invited to join a group on Facebook.  I have several Argentinian friends who frequently invite me to groups and fan pages that are in Spanish, so I have to go to an online translator to see what I’ve been invited to.  I actually love doing this as/… Read full post »

The Courtyard of the Old Residency in Munich

Adolph Hitler, 1914 

I received a Powerpoint presentation by email that showed some decent renderings of paintings and drawings ranging from buildings to flowers.  The email said OPEN AND SEE WHAT REJECTION CAN DO.  Half way through… Read full post »

I can still remember when I heard on the news that a law had just been passed that made it illegal for a man to beat his spouse. I believe that was in the late 80's or maybe the early 90's and I was flabbergasted that there needed to… Read full post »

This one is very short, but I had to share this.  Family Circus cartoons randomly paired with quotes from Nietzsche.  A new one everytime you refresh the page. 

http://www.losanjealous.com/nfc/

We are, all of us, growing volcanoes that approach the hour of their e… Read full post »

Olympic fever is full swing now and it is exciting!  It's interesting to see the competitions and how the athletes and the countries they represent handles their wins or losses.  The big talk now being over the scores for figure skaters Evan Lysacek, USA, and Yevgeny Plushenko… Read full post »

The voice of author and activist Howard Zinn is stilled now but his words will live on in his books and videos of interviews and discussions and documentaries.  Born to Jewish immigrants who came to the states just before WWI.  Both parents were factory workers with little education and pos… Read full post »

Politics in Utah may be a little different than in other states because of the predominant LDS church.  Having been raised in a good LDS family I understand that the notion of drinking alcohol and even coffee as being forbidden almost as if by law.  Technically, for the LDS, it is… Read full post »

Long before I joined Facebook I became sick and tired of all the chain emails I received, and still receive, that in my humble opinion is nothing more than blackmail of one kind or another.  Spiritual blackmail, emotional blackmail, social blackmail, etc.  Spiritual blackmail is as prevalen… Read full post »

If you're on Facebook you have undoubtedly seen the status's stating a color, or perhaps a color and design.  If you are STILL clueless about it, it is the color of the bra they are or are not wearing.  It started with this message being sent from woman to woman: 

"Some… Read full post »

I came across a "site of the day" link from a funny sign link a friend sent me. The site of the day intrigued me.  It was www.EMAILACAR.com.  I had to look at it.  Their motto is Don't Get Mad, Email A Car.  So if you are road raging and the idiot… Read full post »