Say It-Quote of the week

Called my cousin yesterday and begged her to kill me. Dress in black, drive to my house, break in through an open window, creep down the dark hall to my writing area and wring my creatively blocked neck. With gloves of course, to hide any evidence. I don’t want her to have to spend life…

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True Blood

The sun lit the pale blue sky, eagerly, I suspected, after three days of dense rainy weather.  Hungry for breakfast, I left our house, tracked around the saw horses and piles of plywood enroute to our detached garage. Kitchen remodel, about six weeks in. If you believe the contractor, we’re half way through. Outside, the…

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Say It-Quote of the week

“I’m too old to get “career minded” I just want to earn some fun money to get my nails done.” Woman who asked me how hard it is to become a published author.

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Say It-Quote of the week

“I know what it’s called, but instead of downward dog, it looks more like upward butt.” Dad discussing yoga fundamentals with his teenage daughter.

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Red Rocks Glam

pic compliments of VIP Tickets Train. Not the Eurostar, Amtrak or even Chicago’s “EL.” The perpetually evolving pop/rock band know for it’s R&B flair intertwined with heavy percussion. The amber sun set over the sand stone peaks providing a magical backdrop as the musical locomotive chugged onto the stage at Red Rocks Amphitheater Colorado. Suck,…

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Say It- Quote of the week

Dollars and Cents  “Every time I turn around I catch my dog eating dollar bills.” “I can relate,” his friend sighs and shakes his head. “My wife inhales fifties and hundreds.” Two seniors swapping stories in the teller line at the Bank of Oklahoma, Tulsa.

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Flag Ship Glam

  T-minus twenty minutes from departure. The air is sweltering. Hot and dry. Tarmac even hotter. Over a hundred degrees registers on the ramp at Tulsa’s Riverside Airport. We stand still. Soles of our feet steaming. No sudden movements. Sweat and wait for the rare opportunity to ride on the majestic “Flagship Detroit”. Fifteen of…

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Quote of the week: Air Dynamics

“There is a fee for stupid questions, dumb looks, however, are still free.” My ever reliable air conditioning repairman. One hundred and thirteen degrees in Tulsa and my units are still running. Long live the HVAC king.

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Sprint Car Racing and the Honor Code

picture compliments of google images Oh the places I go. Saturday night. A stone’s throw over the northern Oklahoma border. Caney Kansas. Sprint Car racing, 2012. There I sit. Perched like a hawk on sun-stressed bleachers, analyzing the quarter mile dirt oval course wondering how in the world did I get here. (And I’m not…

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