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Sculpting a New Career
Jim Franklin is proof that a hobby or passion can turn into a profitable enterprise. Sometimes, it just takes a while. A renowned bronze sculptor...

Natural Joy
Sipping early morning coffee as birds chirp and call to one another. Cooking over an open pit. Popping a cold one in the shade. Kicking...

Father’s Day Fishing Guide
Father’s Day looms and you’re tired of buying the typical triad of gifts: cologne, shirt-and-tie set or funny ball cap. But you know he loves...

Grill-icious
In addition to marking the cultural beginning of summer, Memorial Day kicks off the outdoor cooking season as many people uncover their grills and smokers...

A Dromedary ‘Mayberry’
Rural and downtown evolutions mark how Perry has changed from just being known as the wrestling capital of Oklahoma and the home of Ditch Witch....

Dodge the Vipers
Even a snake lover like Mike Porter acknowledges that fear can be real when encountering a slithering sack of venom on a tromp in the...

Carrying the Torch
Even for those who have endured atrocities, time leads to mortality. First-person accounts of horrors and survival ebb year after year … until voices go...

A Battle Royal
Will Rogers, Oklahoma’s favorite son, made bank by observing the contradictions and redundancies of Americans in general and Oklahomans in particular. His statement, “It isn’t...

Irish in Name Only
In the month of St. Patrick, when millions tap their Irish roots (real or imagined), one might yearn for a place like Ardmore in south-central...

A Wide Range of Grays
In today’s this-or-that, all-or-nothing culture, nuances and variables show that life is rarely black or white. Getting through high school, matriculating to college and picking...