Phone call

My doc called me on Monday to give me the results of some blood work from Friday. For several years, I have gotten the same general comments: “Your good choles “Your good cholesterol is a little low, and your bad cholesterol is a little high. Aerobic exercise will help that.

Updates from Meeker Town Hall

1. Update on Meeker Lake Quapaw 15 Project A. Jeff Dean, Senior Engineer, GED Technical Services returned my call about the soil samples. He blamed the hold up on COVID19 and said they were done with their lab reports and have been turned over to another agency for their report.

The beauty of the fall season

Fall is such a great time of year. It’s one of my favorites for several reasons. It’s starting to get a little cooler and the leaves usually begin falling at this time of the year. Depending on how cool it gets and how quickly that is will determine somewhat how much the trees shed their leaves.

Do our ballots really matter?

If you are like me, and tend to discount about half of what the news reports say about the upcoming election process, check out what recently happened to my father’s mail-in ballot.

Town Talk

I was watering on Main Street last Friday morning and got to visit with some nice people who were visiting our community. The first two ladies I met, pictured to the right, were Gracie Szakin (left) from Coffeyville, Texas and Joey Hoecker (right) from Edmond, Oklahoma.

Consequences of vacation

They say every vacation has it’s consequences and I am suffering through mine. Last week, I went to Phoenix, AZ to surprise my sister for her birthday. I had a great time catching up with family, seeing old friends, exploring new canyons and trying new foods.

Vegetarian stew

Tuesday may have been the nicest day in the history of weather. Sunny, just a hint of coolness early in the morning. A perfect day for anything you want to do outside. But wait. What’s that hovering just over the horizon? Why, it’s chilly weather, that’s what it is.

Updates from Meeker Town Hall

1. Update on Meeker Lake “Quapaw 15 Project A. We found out why Oklahoma City Conservation office was so hard to get on the phone. Wade Helms at the Chandler Conservation office told me the OKC office has been sent home again for COVID-19.

Looking back on 2020’s resolutions

Beginning today, there are three months remaining in 2020. As we know, this has been a most unusual year. Most people I have visited with describe it as “crazy” and some have added they are ready for 2020 to be over. That’s been a theme of some of the conversations I’ve had with people.

The Return of the Arts to Lincoln County

This is the Fifty-Sixth article in a permanent column for Stroud Arts that appears in the Stroud American. The mission of these articles is to inform, educate and inspire you, the reader, to Make Art Happen in your life and the life of our community.