Yesterday I wrote about a story my mother told me concerning the Latty family and World War I. This period in history has always fascinated me. Looking back at it, times then seemed to be more innocent, less hectic, more straight forward and a lot less crowded. Tahlequah, Oklahoma was small and had dirt streets. Farmers […]
Jul 6, 2013
The Oklahoma Home Guard
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I have a copy of a very old document. At the top, just above the seal of the Great State of Oklahoma, are the words “The Oklahoma Home Guard”. Below that seal is the name of my grandfather, Levi Latty. Pappy Latty had been too old to go to the Great War so he along […]
Jul 5, 2013
The Lights of Home
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Last night my family and I sat on the grass at the park and watched the fireworks display at the stadium. Other folk had gathered too for the same purpose. As the displays rose and burst with a lot of color and a lot of noise, I thought of what they represented: freedom bought with […]
Jul 2, 2013
There Was an Old Lady
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There was an old lady with flowers galore Though she had quite a yard full, she kept planting more. Like unruly children, they got out of hand ‘Till vines, leaves and blossoms covered her land. Sometimes I feel like the Old Woman in the Shoe except instead of children, I have so many flowers I […]
Jul 1, 2013
The Umbrella Oak
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A large oak stands firmly anchored to the ground on land that once belonged to my parents. It is so tall and its limbs spread so wide that when a person stands under it during a shower, she is sheltered from much of the rain. Whether it’s wise to be standing there during a thunderstorm […]
