This is a re-print of a post I did a few years ago. But, guess what? It’s so chilly that I do believe we are having another Blackberry Winter. Can this be Blackberry Winter? Blackberries are blooming and the temperature has fallen to forty-four degrees this morning. A good morning for a cup of […]
May 3, 2025
Looking Back
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This is the second and final installment of my May 5, 1985 Daily Press article about the tornado which destroyed Peggs, Oklahoma on May 2, 1920. In 1920, Walter Neel lived with his parents, brothers and sisters on the Gid Morgan farm, two and a fourth miles southeast of Peggs. The storm went a mile […]
May 2, 2025
A Look Back
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Each year I re-print the story of the Peggs tornado that I wrote for The Tahlequah Daily Press in 1985. This story is important because it is a part of our history. It is a sad story, but it is also full of human compassion and courage. We should not forget the many whose lives […]
May 1, 2025
Look Out for the May Bee
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Maybe I’ll find millions of dollars. Maybe the light will dawn in people’s lives and we’ll all get along with each other. Maybe the news coming from the television will be only good. And then, again…maybe not. This is the month of May and if you see a strange-looking but busy little insect this month, […]
Apr 30, 2025
Do You Have a Song in Your Heart?
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Several times in the Old Testament, God commands the children of Israel to sing. In at least one instance, God told the commander of the Israelite army to put the singers out in front of the soldiers as they went into battle. I can imagine the enemy looked mean and forbidding and the last […]
Apr 29, 2025
What a Nice Surprise!
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The herbs I planted in the container garden last year have all come back. They are green and minty smelling, just as healthy looking as they were last year. What a nice surprise! Last spring, I got some heirloom seeds from the museum downtown. The idea was that these would make plants that bees and […]
