Category Archives: random
Dancing with Laurel and Hardy
Combine the Archies with Laurel and Hardy and you’ve got a winning combination! Contrary to their on-screen personas, Oliver Norvell “Babe” Hardy was the easygoing one in real life, while Arthur Stanley “Stan” Jefferson was the idea man who wrote … Continue reading
Dark Lark
The Bear belched and proffered Big D. The Grasshopper popped a leg in excitement. “You too?” Bear in front, Grasshopper in back popping cans and slurping but I decline their liquid courage. I wanna run, I want to hide. Yet… … Continue reading
The Return of Phillips Petroleum?
July 15, 2011 Some fellow Bartlesville teachers and I were on a summer lark, touring the Marland Mansion in Ponca City, when we heard the big news: ConocoPhillips is breaking up. It seems fitting that we heard the news at … Continue reading
Hot Dreams
I planned my latest hiking trip using a 7-day forecast instead of the 3-day one I should rely upon, and Mother Nature spun the wheel and ruined it with a day of rain and storms. So I found myself in … Continue reading
Bartlesville: A Mixture of Stability and Change
I began teaching in Bartlesville 22 years ago, moving here at age 23 for my first teaching position, one I’ve yet to relinquish. In many ways Bartlesville has changed little over those decades, but in other ways changes are quite … Continue reading
Meador Manor 