Oklahoma Center for Community and Justice
KOSU Commentary Bottle Cap Art In the vestibule of the Mayflower Community Church is a large mosaic fashioned from plastic bottle caps. Orange ones and red…
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Snow Days, #Snowquake, Weatherization [Field Journal: Weeks 48 and 49]
By 2 p.m. on Thursday, roads in Oklahoma City were pretty hazardous. Yesterday, they called a snow day. Yea! I spent two hours going to five stores looking for waterproof gloves…
Left Behind Little Sister
A big brother helps his little sister cope with being left behind when he and his dad go to a football game. It’s no fun being…
Geodesic Pop-Up Shops
One of the cooler things I’ve seen come to Oklahoma City, and wow, I bet this took a big team to pull this off: Geodesic pop-up…
Pomegranates, Wildscapes, Thanksgiving
My heart is a pomegranate full of sweet fancies, To crimson with sunshine and swell with the dew. Warmed by your smile and besprent by your…
Graffiti Wednesday: Turbeau’s Sticker Art
I first spotted Turbeau’s sticker art in September. It was on a mailbox at the post office on NW 16th Street east of Portland Avenue. I…
And, On The Autumn Blows
KOSU Commentary If you have access to iTunesU, the audio version of this commentary is already available on KOSU’s iTunesU page. Thanks for listening. “Sometimes on…
My dog thinks these fake Christmas dogs are real.
I took Bridgy and Charlie for a walk the other day and this is what happened. Charlie met a couple of fake Siberian huskies on a…
Waiting For It To Snow
Please excuse my house, tilted frames, and that lamp, so 90s. At the first mention of snow, the Super Bridgy put on her ski suit, boots…
Field Journal: Week 47
I mentioned in last week’s field journal that I was in the midst of rebranding my site. I have been working on this project a little…
ASK NOT…Who’s To Blame, But Accept Some Blame Yourself
Sad, sad day my friends. I feel grateful that so many people who were there when Kennedy was shot are still alive to tell their stories.…
All these years and I never knew.
So, I’m scrounging around Flickr for some images of vintage grocery store displays and I come across this beast standing next to Horatio Magellan, a.k.a. Cap’n…
Kennedy: Don’t Let It Be Forgot
KOSU Commentary No one from my generation remembers the day Kennedy was shot. He was inaugurated on January 20, 1961, the year Generation X begins. Still,…
JFK Infographics, Kennedy Selfie
Infographic Monday Friday is the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination. Here’s a list of nine links related to that horrible day. Most of them are…
Field Journal: Week 46
A few years ago, I interviewed the artist Debby Kaspari of Drawing the Motmot for Oklahoma Today. Ever since, I’ve been enchanted with the notion of…
The Teens Were Nestled All Snugg in their iPads
I received an invitation from Snugg to choose a leather iPad case to review on my blog. I hate doing product reviews, but they had me…
Are You There, Tree? It’s Me, Boy.
Our large elm tree is the first tree on our street to lose all its leaves. Sully says the tree told him it’s so we can…