Susie Latty Day was born in 1906 and blessed this earth with her presence for ninety years but she never seemed old to me. She seemed always younger than springtime. Mom saw amazing changes during her lifetime, from horse and buggy transportation to cars and airplanes and rocket ships that went to the moon. Mom was the mischievous […]
May 3, 2016
Overcoming Tragedy
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Yesterday was the 96-year anniversary of the tornado that destroyed Peggs, Oklahoma. I wrote about that sad event when I was writing feature stories for The Tahlequah Daily Press, in the 1980s. The newspaper story was my blog post here on this site on May 2, three years ago. Yesterday, I put a link to that […]
Apr 12, 2016
That Special Day Long Ago
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Theodore Roosevelt was President of the United States of America. The day of the week was Thursday and Easter was coming in just three days. Five days before, Mt. Vesuvius had erupted and devastated Naples, Italy. In only six days to come, the great San Francisco earthquake would hit California. In Etta Bend, Indian Territory, […]
Feb 14, 2016
Be My Valentine
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Remember how excited we’d get as children on Valentine’s Day, counting those cards, reading the verses, keeping them in boxes? What a sweet custom! It seemed to me that my kindergarteners got more excited about Valentine’s Day than about Christmas. They would decorate white paper sacks which I fastened to the chalk tray then they would […]
Dec 20, 2015
Every Year About This Time
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Christmas is a nostalgic time; there’s no getting around that fact, but it’s not just other Christmases I remember. It’s childhood things; looking back at past summers as well as winters. My younger brother and I were children together. I had an older sister and three older brothers but they grew up, married, joined the Navy, worked […]
Dec 16, 2015
Christmas Concert
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Last night, I went with my family to my granddaughter’s Christmas Concert. What a privilege! Those young people are talented! And beautiful in their neat uniforms and shiny black shoes. They were also attentive. All eyes were on their director and they responded to every nuance in the music and the silent directions from his face […]
