A Surprise Phone Call

I try not to kick myself for those items on my “to do” list that never get done. How many times have I written down, “Market A Pioneer Love Story?” Somehow the urgency doesn’t hit me and it never gets to the top of the list…important as I know it is. Does that...

Life’s Rainbows

Some days the mystery bursts in upon us and changes the whole day. This morning my sister, Pam, and I are driving to Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, an hour and a half north. We are scheduled to meet a group of birders from the Burroughs Audubon group. Suddenly...

When is Old too Old?

Is 81 years old too old for a slumber party – or as they say today – a “sleep over?” Not at all. Bobbie Hawkins Aupperlee, whose husband died recently after a long illness, invites several high school friends to come to her farm near Newkirk, OK. Five of us join her...

2011 Christmas Preparation

“Grief is like a roller coaster ride,” so says one of the many books I have piled on our bed. It is the most helpful line I have read as the holidays approach. The most unexpected things send the cart I’m riding tumbling in a downward swoop. Thanksgiving just happened...

Grabbing the moment

  The weather changed and Indian summer left in a hurry. I captured the flicker and red belly woodpecker in my camera before all the change out doors. Then I settled down to read (and edit some stories) when my neighbor, Patty, called. Fantastic news, she had a...

Dominican Republic Scholarship

Dear Friends, You receive this letter as a friend of Judy Brook or of Rodney Wilson. Both Judy and Rod served on the Dream Team, their medical mission team to the Dominican Republic.  When Judy died in October of 2004, it was Rodney Wilson who was inspired to found...