Author Archives: Granger Meador

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About Granger Meador

I enjoy reading, technology, day hikes, art museums, and photography. My wife Wendy and I work in the Bartlesville Public Schools in northeast Oklahoma, but this blog is outside the scope of our employment.

Not Much of a Lawn Boy

May 21, 2022 I have never particularly enjoyed yardwork. I mow the yard weekly in season, hand-rake and mulch the leaves once or twice per year, almost never edge or string trim, and viciously assault the greenery on occasion as … Continue reading

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Winter is ending, so let’s spring forward

March 14-18, 2022 | Photo Album When there is nothing left to learn from the winter, move on to the spring! ―Mehmet Murat İldan We welcomed the spring of 2022 after a winter that brought the Omicron variant. We endured … Continue reading

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Escape to Quartz Mountain

December 21-24, 2021 | Photo Album Knowing that the pandemic could throw us some curve balls, Wendy and I waited until the last minute to make any plans for our two-week winter break. The Omicron variant was poised to infect … Continue reading

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Catching up on cars

Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. -Ferris Bueller An article in the Tulsa World caught my attention this Thanksgiving Day morning. The Putting physics to work headline … Continue reading

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Fall Break was an Autumn Brake

November 6, 2021 | Photo Album Two weeks before Fall Break 2021, Wendy and I received our third doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. That meant our protection against infection would be strengthened for a much-needed brief escape from Bartlesville … Continue reading

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