Orem Temple. The covenant made eternal. The LDS ceremony that binds families across death. What the church gave, what it asked, what it meant to stand there.
Orem Temple → LDS Links →What the traditions share when you strip the politics away. The Jesus that isn't owned by anyone. The Buddha sitting. The submission that isn't weakness.
Buddhism → Islam → Teachings of Jesus →Charlie Kirk at TPUSA in Orem. The shooting. The piece that may or may not survive its own controversy. The huge maybe.
Read (if it survives) →January 25, 2026. 1:00 AM. Albufeira, Portugal. The sky drew the logo. Jupiter hanging in Gemini, the V-shaped wings of cloud, the figure on the bridge. Thirteen frames captured in sequence.
View the Sky Sequence →The universe and its sense of humor. The Green Dragon that runs through the story — from the TORNADO GREEN urn to the neon signs to the dreams. Synchronicity given teeth.
For Bill. A dedication to the man. What he carried, what he gave, what remains.
Phyllis Merle Rosenblatt Vespignani
May 9, 1944 — October 25, 1988
She is the star in Andromeda. The one he told his daughters to look for. The one that's always there, even when you can't see it. Especially then.
The tools of connection across distance. What technology made possible when geography said no. A genuine acknowledgment to the engineers of intimacy.
Lovense → We-Vibe →Links to the public spaces. The communities that don't judge. Where adults can be adults without apology.
Links →The Ukrainian who didn't come to Lisbon. The two ski caps bought in Weed. What almost was and what the distance meant.
All of it. The parts that make a memoir honest and a person real. The content that exists because pretending it doesn't is the bigger lie.