Many areas around the state have received an abundance of rainfall. Combine all that moisture with the warm, humid weather, and you have perfect breeding grounds for the mosquito. On Aug. 6, the Oklah...

Let’s ask a hypothetical question here. Would you (if you’re an adult already) trade your reputation as a responsible wage earner for the guarantee of becoming legendary? Well, I’d like to tell you ab...

Marble City is a town nestled in the Cookson Hills of Eastern Oklahoma about nine miles north of Sallisaw on Oklahoma Highway 10. Its population hovers around 300. It has always seemed to me to be jus...

Now one thing’s for dang shore, everwho come up with drugstore language should be roped and dragged out in the brush and wearin’ a big sign that jest says “Guilty.” No need to get more infinitesimal t...

Things change. Around our home the largest change is my youngest son, Mike, and my greatgrandson, Dason, installed a bird feeder in the azalea bed, under the shade of a large Japanese Maple, just beyo...

You know, we’re enjoying summer right now, and to this old High Sierra packer, that means it’s time for mules. Naturally, there is no one time for mules, but pack station veterans, such as this one, k...

When the word got out about the new creation down at Delbert Chin’s Gates of Heaven Chinese restaurant, the boys naturally had to go try it out. Not that the members of the Mule Barn truck stop’s worl...

Are you looking for a road trip to an awesome destination during the dogdays of summer? Put this Oklahoma City museum on your bucket list. The vast majority of the skeletons and skulls are from animal...

The reporter from the big-city paper looked a bit uncomfortable as she sat at the philosophy counter of the Mule Barn truck stop. Doc ordered some coffee for her, and introduced her to the guys. She c...

I can’t believe another year has zipped by, and it is time again for one of my favorite happenings in Muskogee. The hottest ticket in town this summer is the Beast Feast, which is an occasion jointly ...

Genius is occasionally driven by desperation, and that’s what happened to Annette down at the Soup ‘R Market. The phone lines were fuzzy that day, she thinks, because of an electrical storm. That’s th...

We all watched as the flag came by. It was the first thing in the parade, of course. Great big one, carried by two of the kids from the ROTC at the high school. The bands followed, along with the moun...

With the summer upon us, I feel compelled to pen a column about the dangers of heat, sun and the effects it can have not only on the human body, but on your animals, as well. According to the weatherm...

Dud was down at The Lunker Hole on Lewis Creek before it even turned yellow in the east. He had some thinking to do, and, as everyone knows, there’s no better way to think than fly fishing. Just about...

After a rainy spell, the warmer temperatures have arrived . Now is the time that the whitetail does have dropped their fawns and some of us may have a chance encounter with them. Retired Greenleaf Sta...

We weren’t at all sure why Doc did it. Well, yeah, maybe human curiosity was the answer. Doc seemed to hate unanswered questions. It was about Sarah McKinley down at the Read Me Now bookstore. And yes...

Oklahoma’s lakes continue to be the destination of professional anglers. The Lowrance Bassmaster Elite started its tournament on Thursday with the stop No. 7 on the trail this year. At nearly 13,000 a...

In a few days, all those rhymers who lived in Tin Pan Alley back when Gertie was a pup will be fulfilled once again. How’s that you say? Was a love song ever written that didn’t have both moon and Jun...

It’s the heat that defines us this month. It greets us at daybreak with its promise, but in an hour or so, it bears down on our shoulders and makes us dream of shade and something cold to drink. The b...

When the world is hot and my skin is fried, scratching from the constant dry, let the clouds boil up, boil up high. And then shade the earth with the darkening sky and bring the secrets and the smell ...