June 21, 2014 Update: Sadly, Sunberry Orchard is no longer open. If you’re interested in picking blackberries in Oklahoma please visit the State of Oklahoma’s Agritoursim website. It’s a rich resource for U-pick. I have heard great things about Buffalo Creek Berry Farm. Sunberry...
The following is a poem in the shape of an ice cream cone. Well, sort of. This is an example of ASCII art. this summer, i promise to gripe less about flies that find their way into the house because of kids leaving the back door open. i promise to worry less about mosquitoes carrying west nile...
Growing up as a preacher’s kid, Wednesday night prayer meetings were a regular stop on my Generation X childhood. It’s because of this that a huge piece is missing from my cultural memoir: Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys, which were televised on Wednesday nights. My father pastored...
The poem Girls Are Like Apples on Trees is by Pete Wentz. Girls are like apples on trees. The best ones are at the top of the tree. The boys don’t want to reach for the good ones because they are afraid of falling and getting hurt. Instead, they just get the rotten apples from the ground...
Please come back. I promise, I’ll be nice. *** Check out the front and back pages of The Sunday Oklahoman’s business section (early edition)! Yours Truly is featured in a story by reporter, Steve Lackmeyer, about the closure of longtime establishments in Oklahoma City. I’m...
Who needs fancy ski slopes and fancy equipment when you’ve got a cardboard box and a steep driveway? Talk about Generation X frugality. Once, I took my youngest skiing in Breckenridge. This was way more fun and cheaper, too. Ha! There’s probably no better place to have fun than right...
Have you heard of the blog, Cake Wrecks? I submitted my cake wreck a couple months ago, but I don’t think they thought it was a big enough disaster. In case it isn’t readily apparent to you, this is Sponge Bob Square Pants. I made this for Sully’s 2nd Birthday Party. Now, I know...
Sully’s Mother’s-Day-Out Felt Pumpkin Puzzle, 2008 Sully painting modge podge on the salt dough pumpkins Juliette and I made. Juliette had fun rolling out the dough and cutting these salt dough creations. We ran out of time and I had to paint most of them while she was at school....
Slam Book Questions Remember slam books from junior high? I do! Basically, they were spiral notebooks full of random, inconsequential questions like How many bathrooms are in your house? What’s Your favorite song? Who do you like? Where do you live? What’s your pets name? Who is your...
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