There are people who you come across in life who just seem to go above and beyond what is expected. From the first time I interacted with Carrie Chestnut Mess (aka @DairyCarrie on Twitter), I knew she wasn’t going to fit into some nice little box. I’m guessing that’s part of the reason I figured we’d be friends! I finally… Read More
Recalibrating What it Means to NEED Rain or to Suffer a Drought
So happy about the rain that has fallen down in #STL today! My yard REALLY needs it! #justsayin — Janice Person (@JPlovesCOTTON) September 4, 2011 That tweet is really easy for lots of people to understand. So much of the US has been drier than normal and high temperatures. We have all seen lawns like mine. The yard that seemed… Read More
Thinking “Back to School” Leaves Me Nearly Wordless Wednesday
[slideshow] I decided to pull together some photos from back in the day when I went to college at Phillips University in Enid, OK. Lots of great friends who I’m still in touch with and a few I’ve not heard from in quite a while. And it has me thinking. I chose to go to college on a campus that… Read More
Listen to What the Other Guy Has to Say, He May Be Right
This weekend, I finally pulled together thoughts I had for a blog post about the Cherokee Strip land run. It was the kind of post I wanted to try and do right, because the inspiration for me was Tibbie Shades. He was a great person and a teacher. As I wandered through the internet looking up pieces of information on… Read More
Honoring Oklahoma’s Cherokee Strip and the Land as the Holy Grail
What comes to mind when you hear the phrase Cherokee Strip? If you have spent time in northwest Oklahoma, you probably come up with the right answer but my guess is a lot of Americans have never heard of the Cherokee Strip. I got my first lessons on it when I went to Phillips University, a small liberal arts university… Read More
