Death makes so many of us uncomfortable. People don’t know what to say so they give empty platitudes. I get it. Before I lost my husband, I didn’t know how to deal with those that were grieving either...

Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, and green beans with a double side of banana pudding. Now that sounds like one of my wife’s meals or my mothers or maybe the Stigler Café. But it isn’t. Who knew that such a...

That thick old hide shifted beneath me as I got my handhold in the bull rope. I watched his horns. Looking straight ahead in the chute. So far, so good. You know, just like the jumper said as he passe...

Whew … Pepe’ Le Pew. Spring is in the air, and now it is skunk mating season. Skunks are normally night animals, but because it is their amorous time of the year, you may encounter them during the day...

A good friend concluded an email by saying, “I am frightened by the state of affairs now in the world.” This lady had served my best friend as a loyal Secretary and Administrative Assistant. Given the...

This Saturday morning, an old man here in New Mexico will act just a bit silly again as he has these past 50-odd years on the first Saturday in March. I admit to being the silly old man in this case. ...

Warmer weather may bring the hummingbirds to our neck of the woods a little sooner this year. The hummingbird sightings for February are already being reported in the state of Florida, around Houston ...

Over the years I have, now and again, felt the need to evaluate my position. What I was doing just wasn’t working. I realize it is often just a part of the human condition. It will remain uncomfortabl...

Ran into Herb Collins the other day down by the school. He volunteers there, from time to time, helping kids with their math homework, and trying to recruit future members of The Great World of Busine...

The eighth annual March Rack Madness will take place from 1-7 p.m. March 6 in Oklahoma City at the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (ODWC) headquarters located at 1801 North Lincoln Boulev...

In a recent issue of the Tulsa World, just above the headline, was a promotional for an article inside the newspaper. It read “Traditional spuds are planted on St. Patricks Day. I believe I have about...

My name is Evan Breedlove, and I have spent most of my career working with, developing and administering health insurance plans for employees and clients. As we get older, health care becomes more imp...

Ya know, I swear if somebody comes up with a concretenation that included sucking dirty rocks, ol’ Mame the dame would sign up. Now don’t git me wrong, I think Mamie Dilworth is a nice lady, and I enj...

If you are seeking a way to get a youngster involved in the outdoors, rabbit hunting is a great place to start. The pace is slow, the game plentiful and the rewards are untold. The next time you have ...

According to the local and the national media, measles are back. Now I don’t know exactly how bad or where. I know there have been no reported cases in my family or in the Utica Square neighborhood of...

Bob and Carol Burchell pulled into their driveway during the snowstorm, and were surprised to see their daughter, Katie, along with her boyfriend, Randy Jones, sitting on the porch swing, wrapped in a...

FEELING UNCOMFORTABLE! LET THE LORD COMFORT YOU! GOD WANTS EVERYONE TO KNOW PEACE OF MIND, THE BODY, AND THE SOUL! John 14:1-311Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. 2...

While the big game seasons in the state are now closed, few stories will top the remarkable season had by hunter Norman Barton Jr. of Cookson. After 53 years of applying through the Oklahoma Departmen...

Location and name changes aside, the Stigler Café will always be in a rock building on the northwest side of Main Street. You know the place. Its downtown just east of Bill Sturgeons Pontiac dealershi...

There are those who give their address as “The Streets.” The U.S. Post Office doesn’t deliver there. Those who care about such things don’t live there. Our weather took a turn toward Arctic cold and I...