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Bluebird

Posted on June 12, 2023

After I graduated Jacksonville High School at the tail end of the ’60s, I enrolled at Lon Morris College, a small Methodist junior college across town. Among my LMC classmates…

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Whoodoggies…

Posted on June 10, 2023

… as Jethro Bodine would have said. Not all days feel like I’ve landed in paradise. Today was one of those. We’re short-handed by one. That leaves three. Two were…

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Watkins Glen

Posted on June 7, 2023

Back about 1960 I was a Cub Scout in Maysville, Oklahoma. Mom was a Den Mother. Apparently there was a merit badge available for making a scrapbook; I can’t think…

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Quiet at Willow Bay

Posted on June 5, 2023

Today is Monday. The picnic areas are empty. All but a few campers and a handful of fishermen are home, on the job in their office, their store, or their…

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Cool, clear water

Posted on June 5, 2023

Willow Creek — clear, cool and from time-to-time home to tasty trout — provides a restful place for a mid-day break. But the water level is dropping. We’ve had .25…

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Millie on duty

Posted on June 3, 2023

But when we were watching the beaver paddle around, she was absolutely uninterested.

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Sunset at Willow Bay, Allegheny Reservoir

Posted on May 30, 2023
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Ugly little buggers

Posted on May 30, 2023May 30, 2023

IN the 1950s and early ’60s, Turner Falls was a lightly developed swimming hole south of Davis, Oklahoma. We lived north of there in Maysville, but Turner Falls was fairly…

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Good neighbors

Posted on May 29, 2023

And good people. They are where you are and they will find you.

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Memorial Day crowd

Posted on May 28, 2023

I sorta thought our visitor count Easter weekend was impressive. Unh-uh. For this weekend, all 105 of our campsites and cabins were reserved well in advance. The owner of Allegheny…

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