Two writers, one article. Okay actually three but then the title wouldn’t be as good. Burn the Boats by Matt Higgins is the book for any dreamer that needs a little kick in the pants. While writing this I kept hearing lines from Ani DiFranco songs that incorporate the same theme.
A Season of Wintering
The weather is getting slightly warmer here in Oklahoma. Daylight savings time is today and so begins longer nights and longer days. The promise of spring is starting show its face through the buds of Bradford Pears easily damaged by the notoriously strong winds that race through these plains. There is hope that the frost…
In Memory of Bradley W. Popejoy, Sr.
Bradley “Brad” William Popejoy, Sr. passed away at age 72 on Sunday, November 20, 2022. Brad was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on February 6, 1950. As a young boy, Brad and his brother grew up loving baseball including their mother, Gwen’s, favorite team the New York Yankees. In the years of the M & M…
Welcome to My America
Welcome to My America music and lyrics by Sarah Popejoy (c) 2022 Welcome to my America 10 shot down in Buffalo Welcome to my America Another headline Another violent crime Manifesto written in blood Peacemakers say it will all be okay While politicians are chewing the cud In my America Welcome to my America Kids…
7 Descriptive Dust Bowl Quotes by Caroline Henderson
Below is a list of the 7 carefully chosen descriptive quotes of the most devastating environmental disaster in U.S. History1 by Caroline Henderson. Caroline and her husband Will lived in the heart of the dust bowl in Oklahoma’s Panhandle.2 Although farming was her trade, her most important work is found in the documenting of what…
From a Nurse in a CoVID hit Nursing Home
Closed to all visitors, quarantine, and social distancing are all words and phrases that have become sorely familiar during this pandemic called CoVID. From the inside as a nurse who cares for elderly patients in a nursing home the details leave pained realities. Imagine not being able to be hugged for a year. The usual…
Black Wall Street Documentary Through Song
“The Victims Have Names” is a song and video about The Tulsa Race Massacre that occurred on May 31st through June 1st 1921 at the Greenwood area of Tulsa. Being a Tulsa County native and growing up in the area I was really upset that I had never heard of the events until I moved…
COVID-19 Update: Oklahoma Nursing Home Transparency?
Is the Oklahoma Health Department being transparent when it comes to the amount of COVID-19 patients in Oklahoma Nursing Facilities? This article explores that question with a group of articles and announcements. A release from the Oklahoma Health Department on April 2nd by spokeswoman Shelley Zumwalt over a week ago announced on OKC Fox News…
Living in History during COVID 19
In the matter of a few months. Our world has been changed forever. All the worries that we thought we had, gone and exchanges for a new set that involve keeping jobs and businesses afloat, having enough food in the pantry, and just staying alive from a virus and not infecting our loved ones. Tomorrow…
7 Helpful Videos During COVID-19 Isolation
1. Washing Your Hands, Important Information 2. Steps to Prevent Covid 19 from the CDC 3. Preparing a Food Pantry 4. Great Depression Cooking 5. Beautiful Symphony (Life in the age of COVID – 19 6. Help out by Making Surgical Masks 7. Create a Junk Journal and Tell Your Story