Author Archives: Granger Meador
The Diffusion of Innovations
Back in 1957, the Diffusion of Innovations theory was developed by Joe M. Bohlen, George M. Beal and Everett M. Rogers at Iowa State University. It was originally applied to agriculture and home economics, but it was later applied across … Continue reading
Living Where East Meets West
Oklahoma has an unusual amount of geographic diversity. Contrary to ignorant images of a giant dustbowl, the state has low rolling mountains and dense pine forests, cypress swamps, and tall grass prairies, as well as the expected flat and arid … Continue reading
Bartlesville in the State of Sequoyah
Alternate histories have been a literary trope for over two thousand years. Livy posed the question, in Parts 17-19 of Book 9 of his From the Founding of the City, “What would have been the results for Rome if she … Continue reading
Cheever’s Wapshots
A decade ago I purchased Kindle edition of The Stories of John Cheever, a collection which won a Pulitzer. I knew The New Yorker had published over 120 of his short stories, and I knew that The Swimmer, a 1968 … Continue reading
Closing Windows
After forty years, I have finally bidden farewell to Microsoft Windows. I had stopped using it at home in the spring of 2024, and my retirement at the end of June 2026 meant that I no longer used it at … Continue reading
