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.

Lightning Arrested

Computer cables have entangled me for almost a half-century, forcing me to twist recalcitrant asymmetrical connectors, twirl painful little thumb screws, and regularly trawl through junk drawers and boxes for various specialized cables or adapters. Not too long ago, I … Continue reading

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Getting to Know the Nones

What is the second-largest religious group in the United States of America? We all know the largest is Christianity, which subsumes Catholicism and numerous Protestant denominations, and can include the more diverse beliefs of Mormons and Jehovah’s Witnesses, along with … Continue reading

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The Populist Tide

Time and tide tarry for no one, and both are on my mind these days due to the political change that is transforming our republic. The United States of America has the oldest continuously operating written constitution, but its structures … Continue reading

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My Increasing Sci-Fi Skepticism

I overindulged on “literature” in recent months. In August 2025, I read Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer-winning The Bridge of San Luis Rey and in September I followed that up with his ponderous National Book Award-winning The Eighth Day. I used a … Continue reading

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Crystal Caves and Moon-Spinners

Mary Stewart was a British novelist, born Mary Florence Elinor Rainbow in 1916. She taught in grade schools and lectured part-time at Durham University before moving to Scotland with her husband in 1956. After nearly dying from an ectopic pregnancy … Continue reading

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