Dec 26, 2023
One of the best physicists I ever knew my my first wrestling coach T. A. Shell. Never athletic enough to apply his lessons on the wrestling mat, I have applied them in other parts of my life with some success.
T.A. Shell was my coach, yes, but a member of a family that my family has maintained a generations-long...
Dec 18, 2023
A Christmas Open House at my new friend Opal’s place got me to thinking…it got me to thinking about my feelings and attitude toward Christmas, described by some as Grinch-y or Scrooge-y. There’s a reason for my jaundiced eye cast on this winter holiday, but not because I dislike the good tidings it creates. It’s...
Dec 3, 2023
Back when I was a kid, there was Channel 8, Tulsa's KTUL. Channel 8 embraced the concept of local content for working stiffs, housewives, kids, lovers of moster movies...you get the idea.The news anchors and characters on these local shows were out in the small towns in their viewing area, in parades,at county...