Remembering the good times

I was looking at a photo on the bookcase in our house this week that my wife had framed some time back. Not sure when we retrieved it from my parents’ house. It was sometime after either dad died in 1988 or my mother’s passing in 2013.

Happenings at Prairie Pointe

The Prairie Pointe family has welcomed Leon Williams as the newest member of our family. Leon was born and raised in Stroud by his mom Edith and stepfather Woodrow Sosbee. His real father died when he was two years old.

Tony Rice

I read over the holiday that bluegrass guitar player and singer Tony Rice died. It was a sad day for bluegrass fans in general and guitar players in particular.

Stroud Arts: The End to 2020...

This is the Sixtyfi rst article in a semipermanent 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.

Town Talk

Town Talk volunteers took a break to enjoy the holidays but plan on getting back in the swing of things as we kick off 2021.

Great conjunction

Thanks to Kindra remembering, we stepped out to the porch Tuesday evening to see the Jupiter and Saturn form the Great Conjunction, aka the Christmas Star.

Update from Meeker Town Hall

1. Update on “Quapaw 15 Project “Meeker Lake” A. COVID 19 has all the offices in OKC closed that we have been talking to get information from. We know the surveying is completed and now we wait for them to put the study together.

Christmas memories

Christmas Day 2020 is tomorrow. This is the time to be merry, it’s the time to be jolly. It’s also the time to be spiritual, as local pastors frequently remind us is the reason for the season. This calendar year with the COVID Pandemic and all won’t be forgotten by most people on earth today.

Town Talk

Merry Christmas to all you loyal readers of the Stroud American. We appreciate you continuing to support our local small town newspaper. Being the “old-fashion” person I am, I believe we are truly blessed to still receive not only a weekly newspaper but also have a hard copy of the news.

Money Dog

The paper in the bedroom floor had pieces torn off and bore teeth marks. Curious. The teeth marks looked like those Monroe had left when she chewed up my dress shoes and my phone charger. And Kindra’s new glasses and shoes. And Kindra’s phone charger.