Our New Invisible Grandkids

David and I seem to have acquired a few more occupants to our little abode. I'm not sure when they moved in or where they came from since the grandkids seem to be the only ones with the ability to 'see' them but, darn it, they sure are exasperating.

Ferguson Features

By the early 1800's the largest portion of Oklahoma was occupied by the five major Indian tribes - the Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee and Seminole. These five tribes were primarily agricultural and their principal crop was corn.

A Lamp to My Feet

I don’t know how many of you have ever gone to physical therapy. I have done so a number of times. For 3 weeks now, I have been going for physical therapy on my new knee. I also have exercises that I am supposed to do at home every day. The therapists push me to my limit and beyond.

Domestic Goddess? I Think Not!

Somewhere along the line when the ability to shop, dress “to the nines” (whatever that means but it's a phrase I've heard in the movies) or decorate my house in a style other than “living in the past”, I must have been standing in the wrong line. I seem to have absolutely no taste for any of it.

Ferguson Features

For women's month I thought it would be fun to take a look at how cooking was done in pioneer days. Now we can cook in an instant and anything we want but back when Oklahoma was being settled and being a state not so much.

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Another side of Valentine’s Day is thought to be the church’s way to “christianize” the pagan celebration of Lupercalia.

The Art of Decision Making

We’ve been married a really, really, really long time, maybe too long. The reason I say this is because we’ve been married 48 years and still can’t make a simple decision. The following conversation between David and myself comes up almost every year. It started around our 30th anniversary.

Ferguson Features

Do you love cheese? All kinds of cheese well then January 20th is your day. January 20th is national cheese lover day. Use this day to savor and enjoy any of the hundreds of varieties of cheese.

Dear Oklahoma Friends and Neighbors...

After the unthinkable and horrific attack on the United States Capitol happened on January 6, rumors are flying on social media right now making many people even more worried and fearful.

Editor’s Corner

My mother was a cigarette smoker, and it killed her. Oh, the official cause of death was any number of manners: multiple organ failure, obesity and congestive heart failure to name a few. But it was her life-long love affair with unfiltered Lucky Strikes that did her in.