By Michael Patrick O’Brien– Beginning in the early 1970s, a now-closed Trappist monastery in rural Huntsville in Northern Utah was my home away from home. My 2021 book Monastery Mornings…
Posts published in November 2025
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– My favorite British writer Charles Dickens wrote words in 1859 that perfectly describe the state of American collegiate athletics today—“It was the best of times, it…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– Mark Twain is known around the world for many things, including my personal favorite of his many books, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Twain’s name even…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– A century ago, my Northern Utah hometown was a rough and tumble place. Even Chicago gangster Al Capone reportedly said Ogden’s infamous 25th Street was too…