From chess board to table
Hello everyone! A while back a great LumberJock wouldn’t take no for an answer and generously mailed me some veneer. After much reading, blogs on the LumberJock’s and his guidance I made this chess board with the lovely veneers. ...
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70 comments so far
Obi
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posted 555 days ago
got an e-mail to reach you at?
obiwan_themonk@yahoo.com
-- http://ye-olde-cabinet-shoppe.com/
oscorner
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posted 555 days ago
I can be reached at: oscorner@myway.com.
-- Jesus is Lord!
CharlieM1958
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posted 540 days ago
I’ ve only been seriously into woodworking for about 2 years, so I’m still accumulating tools. Getting a lathe and trying my hand at turning is definitely on my to-do list.
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
Louis Hill
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posted 466 days ago
i have no dovetails on my pine box because i made it in my shop and still dont have a dovetail jig. i used my shop teachers dove tail jig to do the other ones.
-- "What one can make with good tools is limited only by one's talent" (lucius-hill@comcast.net)
JTRid43
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posted 457 days ago
DUDE!
Its is so very awesome to hear those word. I shout them out. JESUS IS LORD! Well, It is nice to meet a fellow christian wood worker here. Funny saved by a carpenter and blessed as one. HAHAHAHA. WOW! I hope to view some of your work and I shall post some of mine. I look forward to sharing more shop stories and tips and what ever comes to this demented brain of mine. Stay safe and keep all your fingers attached to your hands.
Jeff
-- In His Grip,
oscorner
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posted 456 days ago
I too, am glad to know that you are blessed to know, Christ and that we share the joy of woodworking.
Mark
-- Jesus is Lord!
Greg Mitchell
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posted 430 days ago
Thank you for the welcome. I don’t think I could live without that separator on my dust collector. It works very weell. I look forward to talking to you.
-- Greg Mitchell--Lowell, AR--gdamitchell@sbcglobal.net
woodnut
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posted 419 days ago
oscorner thanks for the welcome and I will try to show so woodworking sometime.
-- F.Little
oscorner
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posted 418 days ago
Thanks, woodnut. I will await your postings.
-- Jesus is Lord!
Lip
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posted 418 days ago
Thanks for the welcome … if I ever get beyond the point of restoring my tools and start actually working with wood … you’ll be the first to know! lol
-- Lip's Dysfuncational Firewood Farm, South Bend, IN
StevieD
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posted 393 days ago
Oscorner Thanks for the welcome. I have been a woodbuthcer for nairy on 40years now. Ican build alot better than i can operate a computer. I would have gotten back sooner but my isp providers systemhasn’t worked all that well. Finally changed to a better system, I had to do it as my guest all want wifi. anyway thanks agin and I hope to get more envolved with lumber jocks. As soon as I figure out how to get pictures transfered i will post some of my projects posted StevieD
-- Steven Big Timber Mt.
oscorner
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posted 393 days ago
I’ll look forward to it, StevieD.
-- Jesus is Lord!
Douglas Bordner
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posted 358 days ago
Nice new photo Os!
-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.
oscorner
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posted 358 days ago
Thanks, Douglas! I thought that it was time to update it.
-- Jesus is Lord!
Chris
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posted 358 days ago
Os,
Thanks for the welcome. I will post pics of recent projects as soone as possible. I just returned from a missions trip to Alaska. Also…. What part of the “Red Stick” are you from? My wife hails from there as well as do her parents.
-- Chris
Jeremy M. Reid
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posted 293 days ago
OS
hello and good day to you. I like you shop built panel saw and your other projects
have a great day
-- Jeremy M. Reid Woodworking
kenndenn
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posted 227 days ago
Thanks for the welcome, looking forward to spending some time browsing around…
-- Kenn from Kennewick, WA
woodgrain411
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posted 226 days ago
I’m going to be doing the holiday shop (santa’s work shop) for a few of the local schools in my area ! I’m looking for ideas for fast , easy projects with little cost to make , so I can donate them for the under privileged childeren to give to their parents for the holidays (x-mas & such) . Childern of all walks of life also find joy in giving to their parents and other family members on the holidays , It gives them a sense of pride,and happyness! The school asks that I make sure that it would be something of a non-religious background to all cultures !If anyone has any plans or ideas please send them to me soon december 17th is my deadline. Thank you everyone that took the time to read this !Happy thanks giving!!!!!
woodgrain411
(note: I have access to lots of scrap 2×4 2×6 2×8 2×10 2×12 all less than 24” long free , also kids have be able to carry it ,Thanks again! )
-- I love this site !
Karson
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posted 193 days ago
Mark. May God bless your family through these times.
We are sorry to hear of you passing, but you have pain no more. Enjoy you time with the Great LumberJock and save the projects that we can share them with you, when we arrive home.
Our prayers are with your family.
Your brother in Christ
Karson
-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com
GaryK
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posted 193 days ago
I am sure I speak for all of us when I say I your presence will be missed.
Gary
-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.
Paul
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posted 193 days ago
On this Holy Evening when we celebrate His birth, I know another who has experienced new life!
-- Paul, Texas
Todd A. Clippinger
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posted 192 days ago
Miss you brother.
-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com
mot
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posted 191 days ago
Rest in Peace, Brother. Your absence makes this place less than it was.
-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)
MsDebbieP
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posted 189 days ago
My heart aches. I miss your participation here at the LJ shop and your kind words – a man of honour and greatly missed by all.
To your family: my thoughts are with you.
-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
rikkor
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posted 189 days ago
My prayers offered for you and those you have left behind. I am too new around here to have known you, but the sense of community this site offers still makes me feel the loss of one of “ours.”
-- Maplewood, MN
Greg3G
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posted 189 days ago
I can truly say that you will be missed…many here counted you as a friend. That can be a rare thing these days.
To the Family, I offer my most sincere condolences. By the way he conducted himself and the things he said, I know in my heart that he is a man of Faith and he is now with the Lord. I can only imagine his joy and the relief from the pain of this world. I am sure he is looking forward to the day that we will all be reunited and share in that joy. Please know if you ever have need of help, all you have to do is ask. I am confident that the members of Lumberjocks will flock to provide any assistance they can. We will keep you in our prayers. I pray that God will provide comfort in these times.
God Bless,
Greg
-- Greg - Charles Town, WV
Obi
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posted 189 days ago
Wow… I seem to be the last to know. I just found out and there will be a tremendous empty where he used to be, but a brighter place for him in where he’s gone.
-- http://ye-olde-cabinet-shoppe.com/
Betsy
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posted 189 days ago
We’ve lost a true gentleman and friend. My condolences to Mark’s family. We will miss Mark and his contributions to our craft. May God bless you and your family in this trying time.
-- Betsy - There is no strength where there is no struggle
Douglas Bordner
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posted 189 days ago
In sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life
through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Farewell, Brother Mark.
-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.
Roger Strautman
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posted 189 days ago
You will most certainly be missed. :(
-- " All Things At First Appear Difficult"
DrSawdust
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posted 189 days ago
Mark, you will be greatly missed here on earth. I know your knowledge and skills will be put to great use in Heaven. God be with you, until we meet again.
-- Making sawdust is what I do best
Dick Cain
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posted 189 days ago
Mark,
You’ve left an empty spot in our hearts.
Barb, & Dick Cain
-- Dick Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1
jockmike2
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posted 189 days ago
Mark, I have no words for the emptiness I feel from your passing. When I would email you to find out how you were, you would ask if I was alright and how did I feel, I had to pull out of you how it was going with you. And then those 4 days before your wife emailed me, I knew something was wrong, then that terrible, awful, news. Although my selfish heart aches from your passing, I know you are in a better place, probably laughing, smiling at us all and saying, “just wait till you get here”.! I know you suffered here on earth and in spite of being in bad health held a job where you were thought of enough to be a supervisor of others.
May your soul and all the souls of the faithfully departed through the mercy of God rest in peace. Amen , I’ll miss you brother..
-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com
Dadoo
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1398 posts in 377 days
posted 189 days ago
It’s a strange feeling I have of not knowing you, yet feeling like I’ve lost a friend. We’ll be seeing you on the other side someday. Rest easy.
-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!
Francisco Luna
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posted 189 days ago
Lord,
I want to say thanks for this day and for this place at the web. I want to express you I am sad because Mark is not now between us, but at the same time I am rejoiced because I know he is in your presence. I ask you Holy father please take care of Mark’s wife and son, please give them strength in this hard time in their lives. In the name of my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Amen
CharlieM1958
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posted 189 days ago
Mark, you were the first person to welcome me when I signed on here almost a year ago. I just learned if your passing. You will be greatly missed here.
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
Zuki
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posted 189 days ago
You will be missed Mark.
-- The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them
odie
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posted 189 days ago
Mark I wish I had known you…It sounds like I missed much. Get a good wood shop going up there.
-- Odie, Confucius say, "He who laughs at one's self is BUTT of joke".
Napaman
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1341 posts in 464 days
posted 189 days ago
Mark…bless you and your family…I will miss you…we will all miss you…
-- Matt, Napa, CA...SING WITH ME: "Sum...sum...sum...summ...summ...summ...summertime..."
David
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posted 189 days ago
Mark, you will be missed. I appreciated all of your comments and support. God bless you and your family. You will be in my thoughts and prayers.
-- http://foldingrule.blogspot.com
Karson
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posted 189 days ago
The phone call that I had with Mark's wife is posted here
-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com
DAN
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posted 189 days ago
Mark
May you rest in peace.
Will miss you on lumberjocks.
Regards
DAN
-- a legend in my own mind ...
Joel Tille
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posted 189 days ago
Mark as you can clearly see, you will be very much missed down here. Condolences and God bless to your loved ones. And as Odie had said earlier, I wish I had known you better, but I did get to know you a little better through all your fellow LJ’s comments above.
-- Joel Tille
scott shangraw
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posted 189 days ago
Mark,God bless you and your family.Thank you for being one of the first Lj to welcome me.You will be missed
-- Scott NM,http://www.shangrilawoodworks.com
dennis mitchell
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posted 188 days ago
Thanks for sharing yourself with us. Miss you buddy.
-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com
TreeBones
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posted 188 days ago
Mark, Thank you for all your support. Your family should be proud. I am only one of those you have touched with your spirit. There are many others, some that will remember you with wooden toys and hand made projects that they can hold. Then there are us who will remember you from the exchanges we share here on LJ. You have been a great part of all of us here. You will be missed.
-- Ron, Twain Harte, Ca. Portable on site Sawmill Service http://westcoastlands.net/Sawmill.html http://westcoastlands.net/SawBucks2/phpBB3
cajunpen
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posted 188 days ago
Mark your friendship and wam personality has touched so many people’s lives on this Forum. You always had a kind word and were generous with you remarks about works posted on this site. You will be missed by all of us and have left a void here that will not be filled. Godspeed my brother and may the eternal light shine upon you. It’s your turn to pray for us.
-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/
Bob Babcock
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posted 188 days ago
Mark, thanks for all you shared with us. We’ll miss you. You’ve welcomed me and most every other member here when we 1st joined. I can only imagine you asking the most famous carpenter of all to “Lets see some woodwork”.
God bless you and your family.
-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org
EGA
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posted 188 days ago
Already miss ya, you will be missed by many. Semper Fi !
-- www.flickr.com/photos/egamarine/
mrtrim
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posted 188 days ago
the world is now a lesser place . god bless
-- if you aint the lead dog the scenery never changes
Dusty
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posted 188 days ago
Mark,
Any attempt to describe how you and your gentle encouraging words simply will be inadequate.
That said, I and many others owe you an unending debt of gratitude.
Your selfless ways, wouldn’t allow us to repay you anyway, because of your state of humility.
My void ,is only nourished by the thought of all the healing you have delivered to countless others.
You would be embarrassed with all this attention, however deserved it is.
I will respect that, and dwell instead in the eternal thoughts of peace that surrounds you .
I miss you and will bid you goodbye for now.
May your family feel your love and warmth, and there loss be healed.
-- Dusty
DaveC
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posted 188 days ago
You will be missed. And yes, Jesus IS Lord!
Dave.
-- Dave.
Zipsss
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posted 188 days ago
To the family, I offer my most sincere condolences. I only knew you through your projects. They will be remainders of your joy in expressing yourself with wood.
-- Zipsss
Max
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posted 188 days ago
I would like to offer my sincere condolences to the family and friends. Mark was one that always had a good word for all on lumberjocks. He will be missed.
-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT
oscorner
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posted 188 days ago
To: Everyone
Thank you for the kind words and prayers. Mark loved each and everyone
of you!!! His woodworking gave him such joy!!
-- Jesus is Lord!
Chip
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posted 188 days ago
Anamaria,
I was shocked and greatly saddened to hear of your loss. Mark was a good man and a true friend to all of us here on Lumberjocks. He will be sorely missed. My thoughts and prayers are with you during this difficult time.
-- Better to say nothing and be thought the fool... then to speak and erase all doubt.
Mark DeCou
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posted 186 days ago
We were quite shocked by Mark’s unexpected death. We are indeed praying for you and your son, that you might be comforted by the Great Comforter. Mark was a special guy to us, and especially took time to pray and worry over my own daughter during her sickness this year. It takes a special kind of man to worry over a small sick girl that he never met.
We received a wonderful Christmas card from him, with a special note to my daughter, that he sent apparently either the day of, or close to the day he died. Thanks for your note about his death, I am honored that you took the time to send us a note to tell us, before we read it somewhere else. His presence on Lumberjocks will be missed, but I realize it that there a huge difference between what we are feeling to what you and your son are feeling right now. I trust that knowing how much friendship and love he gave a bunch of goofy woodworkers on the internet, and one special 6-year old girl in Kansas, will be a good memory for you to keep of him.
Until we meet in the air,
Mark for the DeCou’s
-- Mark DeCou - Kansas Flinthill's Artisan
gene
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posted 185 days ago
May God shower his blessings and comfort upon you and your son at your time of sorrow. I know that the LJ’s community has lost a true friend. Please know that all of us here, are your friends also. Bless you both.
God bless
-- Gene, a Christian in Virginia
NormiteLou
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posted 182 days ago
Jesus is Lord! Thanks for your kind input of my crazy ideas Os. Your are a good man!
Louis Justin
-- Normite Lou
pedrorc
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posted 182 days ago
Thanks for your welcoming and your kind comments about my work, I will miss you Good bless you
-- Pedro Rodrigues da Costa, Sintra, Portugal
TheGravedigger
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posted 182 days ago
It seems that I’m one of the last to find out. <sigh>He was one of the first to correspond with me when I first arrived, and was a true inspiration to me. <chuckle> I remember when he and I (as fellow Deep-Southerner’s) were less that sympathetic to a “Yankee’s” lamentations about temperature and humidity changes.
You will be truly missed, my brother in Christ. Jesus is truly Lord, and I’ll see you in the New Jerusalem!
-- Robert from Raymond, MS. "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence is therefore not a practice, but a habit." - Aristotle
Phil Brown
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posted 182 days ago
It was a thrill to see Jesus is Lord on your comment on my very first Lumberjocks post, my friend Christy’s casket. Christy went home to be with Jesus Oct 28/07. I know you are there too brother Mark. Your comments and encouragement were much appreciated. I pray for your family at this sad time.
-- Phil Brown, Ontario
woodbutcher
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posted 182 days ago
Mrs oscorners,
One of the absolute first welcomes I recieved here at Lumberjocks was from your husband. Your husband was always one of the very first to comment on any project I posted, and always with kindness. Always followed with “Jesus is Lord”!
I’m one who enjoyed and needed all these niceities. I’ll miss him immensely,but I know he’s where he’s much happier than ever before. My prayers are for and with you and your family now. I know that the Lord Thy God can and will comfort you in these most arduous times.
I think that the tributes above all have a way of testifying to what a humongus void your husbands passing has created on this forum. Only people of integrity with selfless goodness are capable of this, and your husband exemplified this countless times. Thank you for allowing us to share in your grief.
May God Bless you and your Family,
ken mcGinnis
-- woodbutcher north carolina
Sparky
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posted 181 days ago
To Marks Family. I never had the honor to speak with Mark at LJ with not being very active here. Mark must have been a wonderful man from all of the post I have read here. Now that Mark and Jesus are woodworking together in the workshop in the sky may he rest in peace with the Lord. May GOD Bless and comfort you and your son through this hard time.
-- Jesus was a Carpenter too!!!
BlueStingrayBoots
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posted 180 days ago
I want to express my condolences to oscorner family. Mark, you working with the woodcraft master now, in the most heavenly forest.
shaun
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posted 173 days ago
I’ve been away from the site for a while and was very saddened to learn about the loss of brother Mark. Like many others here Mark was the first to welcome me aboard and always had words of encouragment and creativity to offer.
-- I've cut that board three times and it's still too short!
sandhill
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posted 157 days ago
Words can not express the loss of. Only god knows the plan he will be missed by us all.
-- Just another day in paradise.
PanamaJack
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posted 129 days ago
It is hard to express this loss of our LJ Brother oscorner. So very young.
If it were up to me Martin would put a permanent Green Halo/glow around your picture in the LumberJocks (online), because I know you are here with us.
We miss you Mark!
-- Carpe Lignum - Seize The Wood,
MountainDrew
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posted 29 days ago
It was a great shock to hear of Os passing. He was the first person to welcome me here. Nel che amando mani di Dio, va nella pace. (Into the loving hands of God, go in peace.)
-- What would Norm do?
Napaman
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posted 25 days ago
here is to keeping the green light glow!!! Os…you just came up on my “roll the dice”...and I had to say God Bless…
-- Matt, Napa, CA...SING WITH ME: "Sum...sum...sum...summ...summ...summ...summertime..."