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From its humble origins as a budget snack cake, the delicious but nutritionally empty Twinkie achieved a status high enough that it warranted a spot in the Millennium Time Capsule.
Read moreThe coronavirus epidemic has several parallels to the Spanish influenza epidemic that ravaged the world between 1918 and 1920, burning out finally in autumn of its third year. By then, it had killed far more people than World War I.
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Formerly known as Wildcat, Grayson is situated in southeastern Okmulgee County. The name changed when Grayson’s post office was established February 10, 1902, although the legal town name remained as Wildcat into the 1960s.
Read moreAllen has a long and colorful history. The earlier Cold Springs name came long ago when settlers heading west passed through this area on their way to (where else?) further out west. Many stopped here because of the cold springs.
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My good friend Al Wilburn has been through the wars with me the past few years and never fails to lift my spirits with some sage advice, even though he is MUCH younger than I.
Read moreDay has turned to night as you and your brood shamble south, everything you own jiggling and jostling between the sideboards of Benny Proctor’s flatbed truck. By late afternoon, with everything finally loaded, you were suddenly aware how much the sky-high jumble brought to mind the Joads in “The Grapes of Wrath”—all it needed was a washtub clinging to the rear-end.
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As we prepare to honor our mothers Sunday, I wanted to share three articles that I hope you enjoy as much as I did . . .
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This actually ran as a Letter to the Editor in a Wichita Falls newspaper) Can you identify with this guy?
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