There is a nighttime sweetness and hope that hovers over us this time of year here at home. This is a time for summing up and looking ahead … and a time for dreams. And at night… ah, that’s the time, ...

Listen to the rumbles, listen to the roars They woke me. I reluctantly stirred. I listened, heard nothing more, so I settled back beneath the covers. The sounds returned. I grumbled some fittingly unk...

“When you been maturinatin’ ‘long as I have, they’s a few ultimatum facts about life that jest can’t be ignored,” With that, our favorite old-time camp cook, mule packer and occasional predictor of th...

A frequently cited Thanksgiving cliche states that the holiday is family, food, fun and football. Although some contend the football part has its origins in the explosion of the NFL. The truth is foot...

There is a payoff, Doc told us, for getting the aches and pains of old age. Doc should know. We have it on good authority that he is actually older than a flat, brown rock. “Sure,” said Doc, in his us...

November of a Presidential election year seems to get me thinking about winning and losing. Well, Presidential election years and high school football playoffs. Over the years much has been written ab...

You think this pandemic thingie we’re going through is deadly? At least unpleasant? Hey, you’ve come here to this tower of truth to learn the little-known stuff that will make you completely shunned a...

“This whole election process just doesn’t work for me,” Dud said, sipping his coffee. “There’s no way we can tell who is best for the job.” Doc, being the senior member of the Mule Barn truck stop’s w...

Ah … politics! If you’re a responsible American, as I often pretend to be, you’ll have watched and read and listened to as much hogwash on every side of every question ad nauseum, and we’ll all troop ...

I had to pay a routine visit to a doctor this morning. A lonely, tattered copy of People was the only magazine on the waiting room tables. It looked lonely, still I didn’t disturb it. I just pulled ou...

Five years ago, I published a story on the innovative approach of using tracking dogs to find wounded deer. At that time, Oklahoma recently had only legalized the practice of blood tracking. My hope w...

Just like a kid at Christmas, I’ve been looking forward with excitement to the opening day of muzzleloading season this Saturday, Oct. 26. It runs through Nov. 3rd. When I first started back in the 19...

I have been profoundly iffy about all things Florida since the election of 2000 when Tim Russert pulled out his small white board and wrote “Florida, Florida, Florida”. Then, some guy, glasses resting...

Something important happened Friday evening. Coach Brandon Tyler, now in his 20th season leading a high school football program, recorded his 200th career win. Coach Tyler is currently the head footba...

Mark Twain is credited with saying, “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.” I don’t recall when I heard I first this quote but I am convinced of its accuracy. I enjoy reading history, es...

Who is entitled to vote? Well, it depends on who is drafting the definition. In so many questions of this nature we like to turn to our Constitution and most often that is a dandy guide. We ask, “What...

If you think diamond mining is limited to exotic locations around the world, think again. In Arkansas, the Crater of Diamonds State Park offers a unique opportunity for anyone to search for the rare g...

There is no activity more thought-provoking than reading. I’ve recently read Erik Larsen’s The Demon of Unrest. It is a marvelous account of 1861and the days preceding the Civil War. This history cris...

Bert came waltzing into the Mule Barn truck stop the other day in high spirits. We knew we were in for yet another lecture. Sure enough. Even as he pulled up a chair at the philosophy counter and worl...

A few years ago, I went to Skiatook to watch my great-grandson play baseball. I pulled my rolling seat up beside the bleachers where my granddaughter was seated and settled in. After visiting a few mi...