near miss & a new friend
Yesterday midmorning I was driving north on Harrah road, toward the park for a run. I was in the right hand lane, slowing gradually nearer the school zone, far away from all other cars. Just as I passed the gas…
Lazy W Marie
Carpeing all the diems in semi-rural Oklahoma...xoxo
Lazy W Marie
Carpeing all the diems in semi-rural Oklahoma...xoxo
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BW, part 1: if looks could kill he would be an uzi
(Part One of Three, continuing with The People Who Loved Him Into Being and Paradigm Shifts & Looking Forward) Brandy Loyd Wreath, 46 years old, Choctaw, OK: Born and bred Oklahoman, youngest son in the blended family of a Pastor-Police…
free range friday
Our free range experiment is going well overall. Not a single chicken has been hawk-caught or otherwise injured during their daytime freedom romps, and Klaus is acclimating well to his newly crowded playground. In fact, he loves the two flocks…
we can get through anything, together: john’s pandemic story
Until March, 2021, John Carpenter and I had enjoyed literally a passing acquaintance. He and I often log miles at the same park in Choctaw and have a few local friends in common, so we have exchanged plenty of runners’…
she chose joy
Some people have an inner mechanism, like a filtering system, that enables them to see the world more joyfully. It is more than being able to focus on the silver linings; it is more like a universal translator that helps…
stress management, farm abundance, & the real vibrancy of love
Staycation Day Two: We reclaimed the whole point of being off work. It almost never fails, that every time we anticipate a good relaxing stretch of days, something happens to jam up our chi. Sometimes it’s one huge crisis; other…