Marathon Monday: Harvey’s Story, part 2
Several days ago I posted the first in a series of three posts honoring my father in law and his work as a first responder to the OKC Murrah Building Bombing in April, 1995. I want to thank all of you…
Lazy W Marie
Carpeing all the diems in semi-rural Oklahoma...xoxo
Lazy W Marie
Carpeing all the diems in semi-rural Oklahoma...xoxo
Category Just Life-ish
Could You Pass a Citizenship Test?
This question has bothered me about myself for a while. Although I have always felt somewhat patriotic and have believed myself a reasonably knowledgeable person, I have fallen embarrassingly short in civic smarts more often than I would like to…
Harvey’s Story, part 1
The 19th anniversary of the Oklahoma City Murrah Building bombing is fast approaching. Handsome’s parents Harvey and Judy Wreath were both first responders to this tragedy, and over these past several days Harvey has been gracious to sit and discuss…
Red Bud Season
There’s a paved road near our farm where the red bud trees stand tall on both sides, intermingling with live oaks, maples, sand plums, and cedars. They are all so old and strong that they interlace their branches over the…
Marathon Monday: Why This Race?
It’s Marathon Monday again, but instead of talking about mileage and recipes, I’d like to tell you what race I’m running soon and why. In nineteen days, thousands of people will gather in downtown Oklahoma City to run different events…
Pulling Magic
Happy Weekend!! We have been so busy this past week, as usual I suppose, and are once again landed safely and happily at a little break. This weekend the sun is shining aggressively in Oklahoma, warming up the well soaked…