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The holiday fun and games were over, and we were ready to fly home. But a middle of the night message informed us our flight was cancelled and we had to rebook. And we suddenly became birds without wings. I now have a pretty good idea how a Christmas turkey feels, in those leftover days after Christmas. The juicy meat is already picked off, and all that is left is a carcass of dried-up bones. Except I felt more useless than turkey bones, which a cook will simmer into broth. Oh, yeah, I did simmer…being stranded when I just want to be back in my house tends to bring out the fed up and frustrated side of me.
Read moreOklahomans may live far removed from Washington, D.C., but that doesn’t mean the negative repercussions of bad federal policy are not felt by families in all parts of the state. Out-of-control federal spending and government overreach has fueled constant tax increase attempts, historic inflation and widespread hardship.
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 2023
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2023
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2023
Read moreFor some time now, I’ve been watching some awesome videos on YouTube of scenes from the most beautiful places in our big world. Some of the videos have the words down the left side, “Lucid Dreams.” To understand why the photographers used the term, “Lucid,” I researched the definition. When I did, I understood more about what they wanted to share: Lucid means giving an appearance of cheerful liveliness and giving out or reflecting light. Bright, luminous, shining. Bold and vivid colors. It added an example: “Birds dipped the wings in the lucid flow of air.” Other rich, descriptive words are gleaming, brilliant, radiant, glowing, dazzling, lustrous, luminescent, lucent, lambent, and effulgent.
Read moreI’m often shocked to see dirty public bathrooms with phone numbers scribbled on the walls. How about a national “Potty Policy?” Here are some basic requirements: 1. The room should be attractively decorated with plastic flowers, landscape prints, tasteful advertising or – in the case of graffiti – clean poetry.
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I read this again the other day. “I will NEVER quit fighting to win against the enemy in my life. After all my bullets are gone from shooting my gun, then I’ll throw that blasted thing at ‘em. When that doesn’t work, then I’ll use my body to punch, kick and bite my way to freedom. And if I still haven’t won when all my teeth are knocked out in the fight, then I’ll try to gum him to death. BUT I WILL NEVER GIVE UP THE FIGHT!”
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