Dining at OKC’s Grey Sweater is an adventure like few others you will experience in the state. It is a restaurant, yes, but one more like the Michelin-starred experiences of my travels than what I would expect to find five miles from my home.
“The seat is yours for the night.” One of the standout elements of a dining experience...
In an effort to escape the bizarre climate of today’s society, many are picking up their lost love of reading. There is, in fact, a camaraderie in seeing a masked stranger out in public reading the same paperback you’re poring over. Fortunately, reading is a safe, socially distanced activity. But how have book clubs fared during these strange times,...
Yuchi chief Felix Brown is 64 and has developed neuropathy in his feet, so he’s no longer able to stomp dance until dawn.
“But I try to stay awake,” he says. “I don’t want to miss anything.”
Brown is one of two chiefs of the Duck Creek Ceremonial Grounds in Okmulgee County, which his great-uncle helped found in 1941 as a...
New recruits get hugs and candy bars. Deployed personnel receive ‘Freedom Boxes’ filled with toiletries and Girl Scout cookies. Returning veterans find camaraderie and comfort.
And when it’s time for the final goodbye, grieving families are supported at the service and at the cemetery.
Across Oklahoma, volunteers serve in nonprofits designed to ease the burdens of veterans and active-duty military personnel.
“The...
Martial arts training is defined as codified systems and traditions of combat, practiced for a number of reasons, such as self-defense. Training requires frequent and close contact.
But in this era of COVID-19 protocols, with some people isolating and independently training, martial arts training has given an opportunity for academy operators to focus on presenting a regime that is mentally...
The Pandemic Pet Boom
Pet adoptions have skyrocketed during the pandemic, as work-from-home measures are keeping Oklahomans indoors and looking for ways to stay occupied and motivated. That boom is a good thing – but owners should be aware of possible issues and complications of a pandemic adoption.
Hank Johnson, board member and treasurer for the Humane Society of Tulsa, explains...
Whether a person’s interest is shopping, fishing, scenery, wildlife, local history or just something delicious to eat, Tishomingo and the southeastern Oklahoma hills that surround Johnston County beckon. Throw in some live country music and your journey will surely be memorable.
Tishomingo is one of the oldest towns in Oklahoma, with its first post office established in 1857. It was...
Thanks to COVID-19, every sector of society has been upended. But for Locust Grove native Jason Pirtle, a tight end at North Texas, 2020 has been even weirder.
That’s because for the first time he can remember, he’s not catching passes from longtime friend and now-former teammate Mason Fine, who left UNT holding many of the school’s career passing marks...
Firsts are, to put it mildly, tricky things.
It’s like the old saw about being the fastest gun in the West: There’s always somebody faster. And take it from me, when you’re a historian and/or writer who spends a lot of time doing research on the true origins of such speculative stuff as musical styles and literary movements, you can...
When you think of Gibraltar, you might envision the emblematic rock. The monolithic limestone promontory on the Iberian Peninsula is steeped in history. However, this British enclave is much more than its significant landmark. Gibraltar is the southernmost tip of Spain, but also the southernmost point of Europe. When people refer to something being “like the rock of Gibraltar,”...
