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Enid, OK grain elevator

E is for Elevator — an A to Z Series about Agriculture

By on April 5, 2013 in ag awareness

It wasn’t too long ago that I was talking with someone and they started describing something they saw and didn’t know the right words to use. They wanted me to understand, but it was sort of like they were speaking a different language. They were talking about a town I hadn’t been too but they [...]

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cotton gin close-up

Cotton Gin in Kansas Made Me Pump My Brakes

By on February 19, 2013 in cotton, photo

This fall, while in Kansas for the State of Now, I took the backroads from Hutchison toward the part of northwestern Oklahoma I called home for four years while I was in college. When I was driving through an “s” curve, I saw this sign and had to stop — yes, the cotton logo had [...]

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stuffed zucchini

Menu When Visiting Friends Includes Food & News From Syria

By on November 11, 2012 in food, personal insight

This weekend, I took a little time to catch up with friends while I was on the Plains. So I drove from Hutchinson, Kansas southward through the middle of nowhere of my college years. I have lots to share from this trip, but I want to focus on where I arrived for this post. I [...]

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Sue's Diner on Broadway, Enid, OK

Small Town Hospitality & Great Food in Enid, OK

By on February 12, 2012 in food, travel

Recently I had a chance to go back to Oklahoma and visit some college friends. We were just wanting to hang out, catch up on what’s been happening and, I must confess, eat well. We certainly did that! Visiting with my girlfriend Shawna, it seems that you can go far and wide to get really [...]

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cotton harvest underway

How is cotton picked nowadays?

By on December 16, 2011 in cotton

Tonight I was asked to answer a question about cotton on Quora and I decided to go ahead and post my reply here on the blog too since I had already taken the time to write it all up.  :) The question was “How is cotton picked nowadays?“ The answer I gave them follows with a few [...]

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map of the New Madrid fault

Learning About Earthquakes in the Central US

By on November 6, 2011 in travel

This started to be wordless…. I was real happy with the photos…. but then, I couldn’t stop typing after I did my intro so its longer now. I’ll make it a Wordy Wednesday. I don’t know how things happen to be so timely, but Friday as I drove south from St. Louis to Memphis, I [...]

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My Guest Post for Rural Women Rock

By on October 24, 2011 in personal insight, social media

I briefly mentioned the other day that the #140conf small town lit a fire in my new friend Kasse Duffy (@MissDuffys) and she started a blog called Rural Women Rock. This is my guest post for “open mic.” It will be published Monday, October 24. Please take time to visit the site and read through some [...]

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Travelers Tuesday To Remember

By on October 11, 2011 in travel

I had to stop and take photos of the license plates at my house tonight to share them with you. Its hard to believe I have people from four different states here visiting for a bit all of them were here though I realized later I didn’t get a photo of all of us together. [...]

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