Author Archives: Granger Meador

About Granger Meador

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

Westward Ho! Santa Fe

Posted on August 12, 2023 by Granger Meador

June 13-16, 2023 | Photo Album We arrived in Santa Fe and checked into the Casita Bonita studio guesthouse at the Santa Fe Motel & Inn. We always enjoy our stays there, although on our next visit I will try … Continue reading →

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Culture Wars

Posted on August 8, 2023 by Granger Meador

August 2023 Earlier this summer, Wendy and I were in Trinidad, Colorado at the A.R. Mitchell Museum of Western Art. There was an exhibit of photographs by Edward Curtis, and I wasn’t at all surprised to see a print of … Continue reading →

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Westward Ho! Amarillo

Posted on August 5, 2023 by Granger Meador

June 12-13, 2023 | Photo Album Wendy and I head west each summer for a vacation. We timed this year’s outing so that we could rendezvous with friends in Manitou Springs, Colorado. That led us to revisit Santa Fe, New … Continue reading →

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Mapping History

Posted on April 19, 2023 by Granger Meador

Reading maps was a skill they once tested in a final section of the standardized tests I took in grade school in the 1970s. That section of the tests always struck me as ludicrously simple, as I had grown up … Continue reading →

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Route 66 versus I-44

Posted on April 12, 2023 by Granger Meador

I grew up in Oklahoma City, and when I was little my parents purchased a cabin on Table Rock Lake in the Ozarks of far southwestern Missouri. That second home was the destination for most of our vacations from 1968 … Continue reading →