Do you ever wake up with so many jumbled thoughts going through your head that it’s difficult to sort them out into anything meaningful? That’s me this morning! So, bear with me while I shuffle through and list them in no particular order. Happy Birthday to The Star Spangled Banner, 200 years old today and still […]
Jul 13, 2014
Just Close Your Eyes, You Are There
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Imagination is a wonderful thing. It can take you any place you want to go. Sometimes, just as a sort of mini-vacation, I close my eyes and zip back a hundred years to Etta, Cherokee County, Oklahoma. The place I go is my grandparents’ farm. It is Sunday morning, July 13, 1914. Levi and Edna […]
Jun 24, 2014
Speaking of Etta Bend…
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Since Saturday’s Latty/Willis Family Reunion, I’ve been thinking a lot of Etta and what life must have been like for Levi and Edna Latty and their children. And, I’ve thought about families and their importance in American life. Actually, families are America’s life and their importance cannot be stressed enough. I like to think of what […]
May 26, 2014
Saying Thank You
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How can I write about Memorial Day and the importance of honoring those valiant young people (yes, for the most part, they were young) who stood between their beloved homes and freedom? A simple thank you to these courageous men and women seems completely inadequate. If I knew nothing at all about freedom, if I […]
May 21, 2014
Aromatherapy and Earthworms
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Want a sure-fire, cost-free cure for the blues? Try weeding your herb garden. This spring I’ve been kept out of the garden by frequent rains (I’m thankful for them) and writing mysteries (I’m thankful for them too). Yesterday, however, I grabbed gloves, trowel, and kneeling pad and dug in the dirt. Mint, as you know, […]
May 18, 2014
Looking Back
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Many years ago, I wrote a weekly column for my hometown newspaper, The Tahlequah Daily Press, called Looking Back. In it, I included articles on Tahlequah’s historic homes, businesses that flourished in the past, and, most importantly, the people of Cherokee County. Articles on my mother’s family, Levi and Edna Latty, were the basis for […]
