As winter comes to an end, it marks the return of the light! Today, March 20, 2023 begins our spring equinox. In Latin the word ‘equinox’ means, equality of […]
At all cost, stay mentally and spirituality fit Bob Marley, need I say more…..I still remember hearing my first Bob Marley and the Wailers album; ‘Exodus’. […]
I was given this verse while attending Sunbridge Institute in 1998: We must eradicate from the soul all fear and terror of what comes towards man out of the […]
It’s called the Elephant House. It’s situated on the bustling George IV Bridge. There’s a quaint back room that overlooks the imposing walls of Edinburgh Castle. […]
Our thought for Thanksgiving: that nothing connects quite like kindness. It’s a simple notion, yet one that couldn’t be more profound. Compassion makes us better – […]
You’ll remember Kira Brown-Augdal aka Kira Fierce, we hope. No longer with us, but forever in our hearts and our memories. Lost to DIPG, a devastating […]
Luke Stewart. Julianna Sayler. Parker Monhollon. Ronil Mehta. Kaleigh Lau. Zoé Donneaud. Camron Cozzi. Hunter Jones. Alan Vasquez. Andrea Ottaviani. Annabelle Nguyen. Kira Brown-Augdal. These are all names that, we suspect, mean nothing […]
Like many, we’ve spent recent days thinking hard about Cecil the lion, Walter the dentist and the events in Zimbabwe that led the former to lose his […]
James Robertson is 56. He lives just outside Detroit, in Rochester Hills. He works the 2-10pm shift at a factory, operating a complicated-looking injection-molding machine. From […]
There’s not a great deal in life that inspires us more than reading about Martin Luther King. Yesterday, we spent a little time doing just that. It was Martin […]
Chrisi Kemp had endured another bad morning . . . Her five-year-old daughter, sick for several months, was continuing to cause her mom considerable concern. Unpaid medical bills […]
More than one million people kill themselves EVERY YEAR. That’s 3,000 deaths a day, or one every 40 seconds. On an annual basis, suicide claims more […]
Young people can be amazing . . . Brave. Bold. Resilient. Resourceful. Imaginative. Inspirational. Take Trisha Prabhu, for instance. Just 13-years-old, Trisha has, like countless teenagers, experienced […]
‘It feels GREAT to give . . .’ – Zack Francom. Imagine making a difference. REALLY making a difference. Imagine changing someone’s life. For the better. […]
Long, long ago, in around 1,000 BC, the Queen of Sheba left her kingdom on camelback. She had company, a 750-strong caravan following her along the […]
‘It seems that in connecting to what is true within myself, I help other people to connect. Making genuine connection lies at the beginning of building […]
You’ll all be aware, we’re quite certain, that here at OM®, connection is our thing. Common interests, shared goals, the invisible thread that binds us as human […]
Nicholas Lowinger can still recall the first time he ever set foot in a shelter for homeless people. He was just five-years-old, accompanying his mom, an art […]
Danny Keefe has style. He might be just six-years-old, but he never goes anywhere without first making sure that he looks good. His favorite outfit consists […]
It could have been total carnage. Newtown all over again. The bloodshed beyond belief. More innocent lives lost. The perpetrators didn’t factor in Aitizaz Hasan, however. […]
Jemal Damtawe has killed people. Lots of people. So many, in fact, that he lost count quite some time ago. Jemal’s victims included his neighbors, the […]
Twelve months ago, it hadn’t happened. For most people on Earth, Newtown was a place unknown. Even for those familiar, it was somewhere unremarkable, little more […]
Since the sad news broke last night, much has been said and written about the late Nelson Mandela. The revolutionary, the politician, the philanthropist. The hero, […]
It’s going to be an historic event, a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence. It’s something that hasn’t happened since 1888 and something that might not occur again for more […]
Keith Orr was a nobody. Not popular. Not cool. Keith has special needs. He’s classed as learning disabled and struggles to understand boundaries. Keith likes to […]
One morning, in 2008, three friends left their home in London, determined to make the world a better place. Their mission began on Parliament Hill, where […]
Late one night, in March 1964, Catherine Genovese returned to her home in Queens having finished a long and laborious shift at Ev’s Eleventh Hour Sports […]
‘We’re learning that compassion is the glue that holds communities together. It’s about neighbors looking out for each other, it’s caring about the least fortunate and […]
‘We all have massive hearts – this reminds us to use them. There is love around every corner.’ They’re small statues, figurines that come in friendship. […]
‘People said that I couldn’t. That I wouldn’t. People said that there was no way. Those people were wrong. Remember this – accomplishment starts with two […]
‘Jacob taught us many lessons during his short life, most notably: being kind, giving to others, smiling at everyone and making the most of each day. […]
In 1907, having made the difficult decision to leave their home in Russia, a family called Werber traveled to the United States, determined to make a […]
It hadn’t been our intention to post on our blog this afternoon. But a little earlier today, whilst browsing on the internet, we stumbled upon something […]
In Naples, Italy, there’s a custom we’ve heard about that is known as Caffè Sospeso . . . Translated roughly, this means ‘suspended coffee’. It has been around […]
This blog, more often than not, tends to focus on the people who inspire our efforts here at OM® . . . People like Hannah Brencher, for instance. People […]
There’s nothing quite like a cuddle . . . This, the most simple human gesture, is also perhaps the most powerful, the ultimate in physical intimacy, […]
“The world doesn’t need another website. It doesn’t need another app or a network. What it needs is really basic. Simple. Bare-boned and often forgotten in […]
In Vancouver, Aimee Taylor has a beautiful five-month-old daughter called Alexa. She also has cancer. The plan, before illness struck, was that Aimee would breastfeed Alexa […]
The other day, we watched a movie. You might, perhaps, have seen it. It’s called Cloud Atlas. Based on David Mitchell’s best-selling book from 2004, it […]
‘It is our responsibility to make sure our children learn to treat each other with respect. The importance of educating our youngest members of society about […]
During a distinguished journalistic career, Paul Salopek has achieved a great deal . . . He is, for instance, a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, […]
Connection comes in all shapes and sizes. Some bonds are stronger and more profound than others. That which is felt between siblings tends to take some […]
There’s one from Bangkok, another from Bangalore . . . One was rescued from Romania, one child is from China and three originate from Ethiopia. One […]
‘I’m a 34-year-old NBA center, I’m black and I’m gay . . .’ So begins an eye-catching article in the most-recent Sports Illustrated magazine. The author, […]
They’ll be hanging flags in New Orleans this morning . . . From the lampposts. From the trees. Outside shops and offices. Outside homes. They’ll be […]
The Boston bombing isn’t something that we’d planned to blog about . . . It’s something that we can’t comprehend here at OM®, and anyway, what more […]
‘When we create a social curriculum that teaches kindness, compassion, love and empathy, there is no room for hate’. No-one can question her credentials . . […]
‘An invisible red thread connects those who are destined to meet, regardless of time, place or circumstances. The thread may stretch or tangle, but it will […]
Hello again from everyone at the OM@home blog, a blog about children and young people, written for children and young people . . . . For young people just like you, […]
Hello again from everyone at the OM@home blog, a blog about children and young people, written for children and young people . . . . For young people just like you, […]
Hello again from everyone at the OM@home blog, a blog about children and young people, written for children and young people . . . . For young people just like you, […]
Hello again from everyone at the OM@home blog, a blog about children and young people, written for children and young people . . . . For young people just like you, […]
Hello again from everyone at the OM@home blog, a blog about children and young people, written for children and young people . . . . For young people just like you, […]
Prejudice and discrimination come in all shapes and sizes . . . There are forms founded on race and religion. People’s beliefs, their social standing – […]
Hello again from everyone at the OM@home blog, a blog about children and young people, written for children and young people . . . . For young people just like you, […]
Hello again from everyone at the OM@home blog, a blog about children and young people, written for children and young people . . . . For young people just like you, […]
Hello again from everyone at the OM@home blog, a blog about children and young people, written for children and young people . . . . For young people just like you, […]
Hello again from the team at the OM@home blog, a blog about children and young people, written for children and young people . . . . For young people just like […]
Hello again from everyone at the OM@home blog, a blog about children and young people, written for children and young people . . . . For young people just like you, […]
Hello again from everyone at the OM@home blog, a blog about children and young people, written for children and young people . . . . For young people just like you, […]
Happy New Year from everyone at the OM@home blog, a blog about children and young people, written for children and young people . . . . For young people just like […]
Greetings from the team at the OM@home blog, a blog about children and young people, written for children and young people . . . . For young people just like you, […]
Hello again from the team at the OM@home blog, a blog about children and young people, written for children and young people . . . . For young people just like […]
The images from Ethiopia couldn’t have been more shocking . . . It was 1984, and Christmas was approaching fast. In London, however, Bob Geldof, the […]
Greetings once again from the team at the OM@home blog, a blog about children and young people, written for children and young people . . . . For young people just […]
Hello again from the team at the OM@home blog, a blog about children and young people, written for children and young people . . . . For young people just like […]
The two boys soon became inseparable . . . Thrown together at school in Sao Mateus, Brazil, their shared interest in soccer made them firm friends. […]
Greetings once again from the team at the OM@home blog, a blog about children and young people, written for children and young people . . . . For young people just […]
Something to think about this Thanksgiving…. This isn’t a traditional conversation to be having around the dinner table, granted. But it’s something that today, more than […]
Hello again from the team at the OM@home blog, a blog about children and young people, written for children and young people . . . . For young people just like […]
Hello again from the team at the OM@home blog, a blog about children and young people, written for children and young people . . . . For young people just like […]
Greetings once again from the team at the OM@home blog, a blog about children and young people, written for children and young people . . . . For young people just […]
It has never been considered the friendliest place on the planet . . . The London Underground, that is. People hurrying here and there, little time […]
Hello again from the team at the OM@home blog, a blog about children and young people, written for children and young people . . . . For young people just like […]
Greetings from the team at the OM@home blog, a blog about children and young people, written for children and young people . . . . For young people just like you, […]
It’s us again, here at the OM@home blog, a blog about children and young people, written for children and young people . . . . For young people just like you, […]
Remember Robyn Bomar? Robyn is the benevolent Floridian who, upon turning 38, decided to dedicate herself to doing good deeds, helping out others and spreading a […]
Greetings from the team here at the OM@home blog, a blog about children and young people, written for children and young people . . . . For young people just like […]
For anyone keen on connection, Philadelphia is the place to be this morning . . . You see, here – at the Pennsylvania Historical Society’s downtown […]
It’s us again, here at the OM@home blog, a blog about children and young people, written for children and young people . . . . For young people just like you, […]
Greetings from the team at the OM@home blog, a blog about children and young people, written for children and young people . . . . For young people just like you, […]
Hello again from the team at the OM@home blog, a blog about children and young people, written for children and young people . . . . For young people just like […]
Greetings from the team at the OM@home blog, a blog about children and young people, written for children and young people . . . . For young people just like you, […]
Hello again from the team at the OM@home blog, a blog about children and young people, written for children and young people . . . . For young people just like […]
[vimeo https://www.vimeo.com/41735848 w=400&h=300] Their inspiration came from Mother Teresa . . . . ‘Kind words can be short and easy to speak,’ she said. ‘But their […]
Hello again from the team at the OM@home blog, a blog about children and young people, written for children and young people . . . . For young people just like […]
Greetings from the team at the OM@home blog, a blog about children and young people, written for children and young people . . . . For young people just like you, […]
It’s us again, here at the OM@home blog, a blog about children and young people, written for children and young people . . . . For young people just like you, […]
You’ve heard about Maya’s forthcoming adventure . . . . Our intrepid OM is preparing to trek The Appalachian Trail, accompanying Christine Baker and Jessie on […]
Greetings once again from us all here at the OM@home blog – a blog about children and young people, written for children and young people . . . . For young people […]
Remember Christine Baker and Jessie? They’re the determined duo (one human, the other canine) preparing to trek The Appalachian Trail. It’s all for Walk4Good, a cause […]
Connection can be a powerful thing. Just ask Saroo Brierly. In 1986, aged just five, he left his run-down home in Ganesh Talei, a tough neighborhood […]
The guiding principles – the qualities underpinning the project – are set out from the start. Things like loyalty, responsibility, family and friendship. Things like camaraderie, […]
Greetings, welcome and thanks for calling in at our brand new OM@home blog, a blog about children and young people, written for children and young people […]
“Every child saved with my help, and the help of all the wonderful secret messengers, who are no longer living, is the justification of my existence […]
He travelled in terror, his path perilous and his chances slim. From Schwerin, in divided Germany’s North-Eastern corner, 120 stomach-churning miles, constant danger his sole companion. […]
Isla Quinn has changed the world. Imperceptibly, perhaps, but there can be no question that the planet is a more connected place for her presence on […]
“I want to start a chain reaction of kindness and compassion that will make a ripple around the world.” – Rachel Scott. She fell first that dreadful […]
For a time, it was touch and go. Those gathered around her bedside had been told to prepare themselves for the worst. Funeral arrangements had been […]
They’ve been on the road for eight long months. Their mission, one rooted in community, kindness and compassion. Their names are Kirk and Cindy Sinclair. Their […]
In 2005, in the UK, five-year-old Charlie Williams was diagnosed with medulloblastoma, a rare and deadly cancer that all too often proves fatal. Seven years later, […]
There is a special word in Haitian Creole – ‘kombit’. It means joining together to accomplish something. She endured dreadful nightmares and feared each day’s fresh […]
Before the billboards, The Beatles. Before the peace movement, the popular musician. John Lennon’s life comprised countless chapters. Running through them all, one constant. The theme, […]
The billboards started popping up everywhere. In cities all over the world. In New York and Los Angeles. In Toronto, Rome and Athens. In Berlin, Amsterdam, […]
It began with an insult. Something snide, an affront from a co-worker, the negative so needless, the jibe one that festered. For Crystal DeCoursey, the cruel […]
Joseph Mohr had a problem. His long-awaited carol service just hours away, the organ at St Nicholas Kirche, damaged during a storm that had prompted the […]
They’d been sleeping on the streets. The fortunate ones in tents and makeshift shelters, the rest in conditions unimaginable. Many, just children, their need dire. Haiti, […]
There were eels aplenty, that year. Swans too, and lobsters, geese and mussels, beetroot and barley, clams and cod. It was 1621, the first such celebration […]
Quick thinking saved Ernest Hausner. In 1938, as the Nazis began to stream over the Austrian border, the Viennese storekeeper gathered together all the belongings he […]
Last Friday, at 11 o’clock on the dot, our studio fell silent for two minutes. It takes something rather important to bring the OM production line to […]
This connection business is a curious affair, never failing to surprise us in the things it throws up. Take James Lovelock, for instance. Until a little […]
During the intolerant times that followed the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the United States appeared, to some in its midst, anything but united. Making […]
From her beacon hand glows world-wide welcome. Give me your tired, your poor. Your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free. The wretched refuse of your teeming […]
Homeless people. They’re out on the streets for a reason, right? Come on, they’re responsible for their circumstances, they’ve contributed to their plight. Drink, drugs, gambling, […]
Home is the center and the circumference, the start and the finish of most of our lives. So said Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the renowned sociologist, novelist […]
The babies born, worldwide, this month, will be equal in number to the total population of Portugal. Those dying between October’s first and last days will […]
Our recent tribute to Steve Jobs, we’re delighted to report, has proved popular, eliciting some fabulous feedback and much-appreciated messages. It was, we don’t mind admitting, a […]
Given that, chief amongst our priorities is our family, there’s nothing we like better here in Saunderstown than a good old-fashioned get-together. The more the merrier, […]
Marlo Stanfield is not a nice man. Drug lord, killer, an all-round bad egg, just thinking about the brutal Baltimorean makes us shudder. Fortunately, Marlo Stanfield […]
Since Chris Tibedo’s tale first came to our attention last month, the importance of having a place to call home has been underlined in no uncertain […]
Question: Whereabouts are you planning to sleep tonight? In a house? A home? You might consider your surroundings simple, a modest abode. Trust us, no matter […]
The current population of New York City, according to the most-recent figures available, stands at an awe-inspiring 8,214,426 people. In 2010, research has revealed, a further […]
In Mulkanundracooracooratarraninna, making connections can be a somewhat challenging business. It is the case too in Cannuwaukaninna and Killalpaninna, Mungarannie and Mirra Mitta, Dulkaninna, Pandie Pandie […]
Some time ago, right here on our blog, we introduced you to the Arkansas Bluebird of Happiness, a beautiful glass-blown creation that had touched lives and […]
Harvard, 1967. Stanley Milgram, the renowned social psychologist, set in motion a research project that defined a generation’s perception of connection. He called the project The […]
For anyone keen on connection, the Small World Phenomenon ought to be a familiar topic. Taking its title from a far-reaching social experiment conducted in 1967, […]
He achieved much during a laudable lifetime: serving as the second President of the United States, a driving force in the revolution that established independence […]
Bills. Junk mail. More junk mail. Bills. More junk mail – another bill. Our morning mail deliveries don’t always excite us. But this week? This week, […]
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights, that among […]
The panda is not prevalent here in Saunderstown where, for local wildlife, we have to make do with the occasional opossum, or the raccoons rooting at […]
The Lake District – the region in North-West England that Alice Pyne calls home – is renowned for both its stunning countryside and its inclement conditions. […]
Speak French? Or Italian? If so, you’ll not require a translation. If not, don’t worry, we’ll provide the relevant details. You see, our latest topic […]
Here in Saunderstown as you’ll know, we’re suckers for an inspirational quotation, a nice catchphrase or a sensible saying. Proverbs, though are our particular preference, the […]
Here in Saunderstown, we are East Coast through and through. There is nowhere else on Earth we’d rather call home. Smitten with our spectacular seaboard, we […]
Valley School Graduating Eighth Grade Class of 2011 – Keeping their lifetime Connection with OMs Suppose you could have a super power. What would it be? […]
He had it all: private jets, a mansion that brimmed with priceless antiques and fine art, untold riches, fame, fortune and all the trappings that success […]
Talk about synchronism! Events at Buckingham Palace don’t tend to have a great bearing on us here in our studio in Saunderstown. So imagine our surprise […]
In 1883, in an attempt to stop rats ravaging their crops, the Hawaiian authorities introduced the Indian mongoose to their lush islands. Just over 50 years […]
Alice in Wonderland, Beetlejuice, Batman, Batman Returns, Edward Scissorhands, Planet of the Apes, Sleepy Hollow, Sweeney Todd, The Nightmare before Christmas and Charlie and the Chocolate […]
Some people understand OMs and their underlying attributes more than others. He might not realise it, but Johannes Milla – in our opinion, at least – […]
Mark Allison left his home Tuesday morning with mixed feelings and a suitcase bulging under the strain of several pairs of running shoes. The next time […]
Inspiration can sometimes be found in the strangest places. Even Arkansas. Please, Arkansans, don’t take offence at our little joke. The truth is, here in Saunderstown, […]
In the photo: Panache, Thabit, Theemin & Chara at the Gilbert Stuart Museum, Gilbert Stuart Rd., Saunderstown, RI You might not realise it, but each and […]
It was the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s historic Vostok mission last week and we read accounts of the remarkable Russian’s adventure with interest. Let’s be […]
We are all connected. Connections mean the world to us here in Saunderstown, so our latest commission could not be more exciting. In September, our first […]
Our OMs are nothing if not intrepid, accustomed to leaving Rhode Island behind and heading for destinations across the globe. Travel is not something that daunts our […]
Let’s hear it for Springtime, prince of seasons! The other seasons have their merits, but Spring, time of awakenings and fresh beginnings, Spring is a cut […]
Imagine our excitement at OM Central to learn that astronomers in Britain have discovered that, trillions of miles above us, deep in outer Space, the stars […]
Is there anything more rewarding than reading to a child? Get a child to engage in a ripping yarn, fire the imagination, entertain, inform and educate […]
Quick thinking saved Ernest Hausner. In 1938, as the Nazis began to stream over the Austrian border, the Viennese storekeeper gathered together all the belongings he […]
From her beacon hand glows world-wide welcome. Give me your tired, your poor. Your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free. The wretched refuse of your teeming […]