The batter is warming up on deck – meaning he is the next one to come to the plate to face the pitcher.

Over time, the words of our loved ones remain etched forever in our minds. Some people pick profound epitaphs that sum up their lives on their tombstones, while others choose humorous epitaphs to keep visitors amused.

It’s been decades since I’ve given this old customer of mine from long ago much thought. After all, he’s been dead 40 years. But I remember him well. One day he called in his prescription refill and I asked him if he would be in to pick it up. He said, “I would like you to bring it to me.

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.

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. We have a lot in common in addition to being HHS grads, the most notable being both of us are from big families.

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 week.

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.

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. Look online and there are also the online psychics - the “Call me, and I’ll tell you your future” people.

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.

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.