Category Archives: history
Standard 8 Memories
For some time I have been mining my family’s photographic archive for weekly remembrances which I post on Facebook and sometimes expand into posts on this blog. There have been times that I recalled that there was an old home … Continue reading
Divided Loyalties
Sooners or Cowboys? In Oklahoma, one is often expected to take one side or the other in the rivalry between its two largest institutions of higher education: the University of Oklahoma (OU) and Oklahoma State University (OSU). I am bemused … Continue reading
Normal School
Traditional teacher preparation has cratered in Oklahoma, which saddens me since I and the 2,663 students I taught from 1989 to 2017 benefited so much from my choice to major in education back in 1986. When I enrolled at the … Continue reading
Two Hollers & Haunting Harmonies
Wendy and I spent part of our Spring Break at the Holiday Island retirement community in Arkansas. More on that will come in a later post; this tale is about our trips through two different hollers on the way there … Continue reading
The Elastic Heart of Youth
The elastic heart of youth cannot be compressed into one constrained shape long at a time. Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Almost all of my childhood belongings were sold off over time in garage sales, given to younger … Continue reading
Meador Manor 