Category Archives: random
Edwin E. Foster’s Spiral Spring
One of my favorite tools is from the early 1960s and has been superseded by its cousins. My parents received it around 1963, when Mid-States Supply Company of Kansas City, Missouri opened a warehouse in Oklahoma City. It’s a metal … Continue reading
Molded for Play
Children’s toys usually require materials that are cheap and durable. My dad, who was born a century ago, recalled playing marbles with his cousins, mumblety-peg with a pocketknife, spinning tops, darts, yo-yos, jacks, and stilts. He later graduated to bean … Continue reading
Not Going to the Movies
October 2024 A year ago, Wendy and I watched a movie in a cinema together for the first time in over 4.5 years. The COVID-19 pandemic was part of the reason for our absence from the multiplexes, but another year … Continue reading
Oklahoma Teacher Retirement
I was asked to share information about Teacher Retirement at our school district’s Leadership Day after the conclusion of the 2023-2024 academic year. My own retirement is a couple of years away, so I enjoyed doing some research about the … Continue reading
My Math Memoirs
Math was usually my most difficult academic subject. That surprises people who know that I was an award-winning high school physics teacher. I think that having to work to earn As in math improved my teaching. I related to students … Continue reading
Meador Manor 