The bear found in Tahlequah Wednesday brought to mind an encounter my 3 older brothers had with a wild animal almost 70 years ago. The animal was not a bear. It was a mountain lion. My brothers, Stan, Thurman and Tracy, teenagers at the time, had ridden their horses one night to a get-together with […]
May 2, 2013
Winds of Change
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For a time, I wrote feature stories for The Tahlequah Daily Press. On May 5, 1985, The Press published an article I wrote about the tornado that destroyed Peggs, Oklahoma May 2, 1920. The story below is the one that appeared in The Press. It is a long one so I’m going to post only […]
Apr 14, 2013
The Things We Can’t Hold in Our Hands
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Yesterday I sat with a group of people who, like me, love freedom and are concerned it may be slipping away. We were from a lot of different backgrounds and a wide age range but we had one thing in common: love of country and our Constitution. And I thought about freedom. What is it? […]
Apr 12, 2013
The Child in the Middle
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Sarepta Susie Lee Latty Day The child in the middle is somewhat a riddle; A little of that and of this; Sometimes she’s thoughtful and sometimes a handful, This fun-loving, dreamy-eyed miss. God made the flowers, the sunshine and showers; And surely God must have smiled When He fashioned this keen one, this come-in-between one, […]
Apr 6, 2013
A Good Cup of Coffee and Memories
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What a lovely spring day was yesterday! The temperature must have soared into the 70s. Perfect weather for a drive and a visit with my brother and sister-in-law. Bradford pear trees are blooming and the redbuds have started to…well…bud. After them will come the beautiful dogwood trees, their white clouds of blooms settling down among […]
Apr 1, 2013
How We Worship
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Easter Sunday morning the church was overflowing with worshipers. Before the singing commenced, several people were baptized. The baptistry is beautiful with a large, colored glass mosaic of Jesus in the background. I thought of the church I attended when we lived in the little house under the big oaks, before my family moved to […]
