It seems that I have worn glasses most of my life. It was the summer before my 8th grade year and my parents had taken my brother and me to a minor league baseball game in Fort Smith. At some point, I...

Happy Thanksgiving, world! One of my favorite days, but I couldn’t tell you why … exactly. Oh, it’s time to get the clan together around the table and compliment Grandma on how yummy the world’s dumbe...

I just took a walk around my neighborhood. I could tell the seasons were changing. The tell-tail sign was not that the leaves on the maples were a brilliant red and not because of the yellows and oran...

Alphonse Wilson here, you know … yore pal Windy? And I’m here to set the record straight, once and forever more, on turkeys. Now for those folks out there who think a turkey is something hot and brown...

Lately, I have been thinking about the role of anticipation plays in life. I suppose my thoughts have been one dimensional because I was only considering the anticipation of joy I have no doubt pleasu...

There’s just something about falling in love in November, thought Steve. Something … timely. Something … special. Steve’s incredible shaving-brush-like moustache is gray now. It’s lasted a long time, ...

Old Jasper Blankenship went out to hunt deer the other day, the same way he’s done for decades now. He’s slower than he used to be, of course. Deer season has changed a lot for Jasper over the many ye...

Last weekend saw one of the most exciting times in a young outdoor person’s life — the youth gun hunt, which took place statewide. Three young men from the eastern part of our state participated and h...

Once upon a time everyone had preferred magazines. I still do. Arizona Hiways and Oklahoma Coach. I was thumbing through the October 2023 edition of the Oklahoma Coach and spotted the Oklahoma Footbal...

I think there must be autumnal reasons for Halloween being hued in orange and black. It’s a fun time, a magic evening if you’re a kid, and if you’re a grandpa-type guy, like me, who gets to hand out t...

The arrival of somewhat cooler temperatures this week has the deer population feeling frisky. I hope the temperatures continue in this vein all the way to muzzleloader season, which opens Oct. 28 and ...

In a recent Just Thinkin’ I suggested a solvent and prosperous Mexico might be a solution to the immigration difficulty along our southern border. I do believe tired and struggling immigrants, clingin...

The sign in front of the gas station says “Unleaded, 3.39, special on Colt .357 Magnum, six-inch barrel.” Visitors here in the valley do a double take when they see Vince’s sign there at what we all k...

I am never certain if it is me or if it is the speed of events which each in its own fashion steal my attention. Regardless, the end result is the same, some loosely connected thoughts. I was listenin...

We didn’t have the Chipper Invitational Golf Tournament this year. It wasn’t a good summer for anything that takes place outdoors, for one thing. Just too danged hot. For another, people we knew all o...

In writing a recent Just Thinkin’, I was reminded that a genuine mystery lay in expectation. I believe expectation enhances most human experiences. Expectation, anticipation generates an eagerness tha...

“You hear ‘bout Andy’s barn?” asked Dud. We nodded and had another sip of morning coffee. “You s’pose it was all globally warmed up?” “Beats me, Windy. Could be.” “Buncha that,” Windy said. “On the ne...

My phone rang. I glanced at my Caller I.D. It was nobody I knew. At least I was reasonably certain I didn’t know anyone currently residing in Bokoshe or Bugtussle. As if to erase all doubt, “Spam Risk...

It was just one of those crazy mixups, you know. Like when one thing goes wrong it triggers another thing that goes wrong and that sets off a multiplicity of crash-and-burns that are remembered long a...

The great outdoors and my love of archery probably kept me out of a lot of trouble during my youth. My first bow was a Browning Wasp Recurve, and I roamed the neighborhood imagining that I was the leg...