Today would have been my mother, Susie Latty Day’s, birthday and if she were here, I’d bake her favorite dessert–lemon pie. The lilac bush at her house in Tahlequah is blooming now and that’s fitting because she loved lilacs. In fact, when she was sixteen, her dear Aunt Ettie, Tettle, she called that aunt, gave […]
Apr 2, 2015
Freedom to Think
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Freedom! Millions have died to obtain it or keep it. Without it, what do we have? I’m just asking. Do we have security from fear of retaliation? Do we have the warm feeling of belonging? Do we have a feeling of superiority?From what do we want to be free? And what is worth giving up […]
Feb 22, 2015
Mr. Washington, Where Are You?
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Today is the birthday of the very first President of the United States, George Washington. Happy birthday, Mr. President! With Lincoln and Washington being lumped together on Presidents’ Day, I’m afraid that people will one day forget these two men had separate birthdays and our first President was born seventy-seven years before the sixteenth one. […]
Feb 21, 2015
Soggy Saturday
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The rain has washed almost all the snow off rooftops and grass. The ground drinks up the rain like a thirsty person downs a glass of water. The day is beginning in a dark, damp way and who knows what kind of weather will follow this soggy Saturday. This morning I watched part of a Smithsonian documentary […]
Jan 17, 2015
Courage and a Cardinal
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My niece Kim had an inspiring picture and quote on her Facebook page. I shared it on my own. A cardinal sits on a snowy pine. The caption is, “No matter what yesterday was like, birds always start the new day with a song.” I’ve noticed that, just by being who he is, no more and no […]
Nov 18, 2014
Random Thoughts
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Sometimes unrelated thoughts which bear no resemblance to each other come knocking at my mind’s door. Some are borne out of curiosity and some are just casual observations. Some wander in uninvited. Yesterday was that kind of day: random thoughts. So, I jotted a few of them down here in no particular order. None is breath-taking and probably if […]
