Well, a COVID recovery milestone was reached when Joe Bill Shelhope began his weekly donut delivery again. (Gigi’s Donuts on N. 8th has been closed due to the virus.)
Man, were we “Jonesing” for those tasty treats! We still can’t allow visitors inside the building but maybe with donuts, we can sustain ourselves a while longer.
Alison Morris, Don McManus, Lisa Gordon and Bethani Byford have transformed the Prairie Pointe backyard into a paradise complete with a rock waterfall, pond, grasses, flowers and ferns. The birds love it and we have some serious bird watchers at Prairie Pointe.
Joyce Seelig’s cactus, which she and her late husband, Dr. Seelig, brought back from New Mexico, serves as the centerpiece of the circular flower garden. It miraculously survived the winter and is ready to bloom.
We have completed the book “The Grass Is Always Greener Over The Septic Tank” by Erma Bombeck.
It’s a funny story which exposes the truth about the suburbs: where they planted trees and crabgrass came up, where they planted the schools and taxes came up, where they died of old age trying to merge onto the freeway and where they finally got sex out of the schools and back into the gutters.
A former obituary writer, Erma was the author of three best-sellers and her column “At Wit’s End” was syndicated throughout the world in 542 newspapers.
We have chosen “Pistol Pete” by Frank Eaton for our next reading. The book is an autobiography of Frank “Pistol Pete” Eaton, a one-time cowboy, scout, trail rider and Deputy United States Marshall. He died in Perkins, OK at the age of 98.
At 7 years of age, Frank witnessed his father’s death when he was shot in cold blood and over the next 19 years, he gunned down all six of his father’s murderers.
At the age of 15, he was dubbed ‘Pistol Pete” when he out shot everyone at Fort Gibson. In 1923, “Pistol Pete” gave his permission for Oklahoma A & M College to use his photograph in the design of a college emblem. Today “Pistol Pete” is the
Today “Pistol Pete” is the model for the “Cowboy” caricature at OSU, New Mexico State University and University of Wyoming.
Danny Miller, country singer and songwriter from Meeker, performed outside at Prairie Pointe last Thursday evening.
We have missed his talent and witty remarks. Danny’s wife LaDonn recently rang the celebration bell at Stephenson Cancer Center in OKC marking the completion of 18 chemo and radiation treatments. Danny and LaDonn wish to thank everyone for their continued prayers and support.
Sweet Mike Spears delivered a beautiful red, white and blue Memorial Day floral bouquet. Thanks Mike!
Banana nut and Jewish apple breads from the Great Harvest Bakery in Tulsa were also enjoyed over the long weekend.
Maggie Neu shared something she saw on Facebook which involved senior citizens giving advice to the high school seniors of 2020. So I surveyed the residents of Prairie Pointe for their sage advice to a young person about to embark on the rest of his or her life.
Beverley Graham’s says “Strive for contentment.” Keturah Brown quotes Maya Angelo “Be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud.” Helen Arrington advises “Believe in yourself.” Anna Dobrinski reminds “You can’t lose it if you never had it.”
Janice Dobson’s advice is “There is a little bit of good in everyone if you look for it.”
“Can’t never did anything!” quips Jo Sperry. Alton McCune says “Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.”
Phil Johnson urges young people to strive to become who you want to be in five years. Revise this once every year. You grow until you become content.
Rae Bland offers Proverbs 3:5-6: Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct thy paths. Wirt Trawick was a virtual plethora of wise sayings which included: You cannot do a kindness too soon because you never know how soon it will be too late by Ralph Waldo Emerson. The boss isn’t always right but he is always the boss.
There are three kinds of people: Those who MAKE things happen; those who WATCH things happen; and those who WONDER what happened. After you have tried everything else, read the instructions.
The final advice comes from a gravestone in Kentucky of one of Wirt’s distant relatives. He was 18 years old when he was killed by a horse. “Stop friend as you pass by. As you are now, so once was I. As I am now, so you shall be. So hasten on; I will wait for thee. “
This epitaph was also the topic of Wirt’s devotional he gave during church services Sunday. Rae Bland played the piano, Beverley Graham led singing and the service was closed