Body Memorial Day a “Decoration Day” is very special to most of us ole timers. Though the holiday’s origins are not exact, it did start after the Civil War.

Body The older I get (and I AM getting a lot older, it seems) the more help I need, and my fellow Holdenville High School alumnus Barbara Gordon Cummins is always ready to help me out.

Body Following Anheuser-Busch’s embrace of a mentally ill man pretending to be a woman as the face of Bud Light, conservatives across the country showed their displeasure by boycotting the beer brand, causing Bud Light to lose more than $5 billion in market capitalization in the last...

Body RETREAT PARENTS DO THESE 5 THINGS I know, I know. You read the title of the column and did an eye roll, right? You’ve heard this kind of thing before. Three easy steps to parenting. How to be a SuperMom or Dad.

Body They seem to be everywhere in any town you drive through. Signs promoting the services of a local ‘TAROT CARD READER,’ ‘FORTUNE TELLER,’ and ‘PALM READER’ seem to be on every block.

Body You may not have this noted on your calendar, but April 27 is the official “Take your son or daughter to work day”. Not only that, but there is a national nonprofit organization and a website, committed to the day: sonsanddaughterstowork.

Body Compared to my dad’s life, I had a life of ease. He dropped out of school in the eighth grade to join the CCC, was a war veteran going through hell when he was 18 years old. Returned home with no education or job and became a roughneck since that is all he could find.

Body Friday the 13th missed it by one day in April but it was close enough to send some bad luck going around, so I decided to put it off a month but the bewitching atmosphere of that special occasion lingers on. Here’s a list of a few who didn’t escape the curse.

Body You are in the middle of some kind of project around the house – mowing the lawn, putting in a new fence, painting the living room, or whatever. You are hot and sweaty, covered in dirt or paint. You have your old work clothes on.

Body A robber breaks into an old couple’s house at night. The couple confronts him and he pulls out his gun.