Category: Jack & Connor

Posts regarding Jack Harnsongkram and Connor Ausland, two young men from my daughter’s school who drowned after being swept out to sea by a sneaker wave on the Oregon Coast on February 5th, 2011

Jack & Connor, Life in general, and perhaps the Pursuit of Happiness

Jenni, Melise and Jack

February 27th, 2011 In the wake of the deaths of Connor Ausland and Jack Harnsongkram I’ve spent a lot of time recently reflecting on the meaning of life, or, more specifically, the meaning of what we leave behind us when we die. I have some friends who maintain a level and type of faith that leads …

Jack & Connor, Life in general, and perhaps the Pursuit of Happiness

The Sea does not care….

The Sea does not care The Sea does not know The Sea is not angry, nor is it vengeful The Sea expresses neither wrath, nor benevolence in the movement of it’s tides The Sea cannot differentiate between a piece of discarded styrofoam floating upon its surface and the body of a friend taken by its waves The Sea does not care The Sea …

Jack & Connor, Life in general, and perhaps the Pursuit of Happiness

Why Don’t We…?

February 8th, 2011 The tragedy here in Eugene this week has me asking myself this question: “Why Don’t We…?” For those of my friends not local or who otherwise have not heard, this last Saturday two young men from my daughter’s high school, Jack and Connor, drowned when they were swept into the ocean by …