The Tahlequah community celebrated Fiesta de Mayo on Saturday, May 3 in the downtown area. The northeastern Oklahoma community is home to many diverse cultures as well as being the capital of the Cherokee Nation and the United Keetowah Band of Cherokees. Nearby is Clear Creek Abbey, a French Catholic monastery and covenant that reportedlyContinue reading “Fiesta De Mayo In Tahlequah”
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Please Help If You Can
Some people get hit too hard at one time. Last year, Stephanie Nota lost her partner of many years following an illness. Then, she herself, suffered a stroke. And she needs your help as she works on recovering. Please go to https://www.gofundme.com/f/healing-together-me-and-biscuit?attribution_id=sl%3Ab33f4eff-975b-4514-baa8-c046a2ef6a5b&utm_campaign=natman_sharesheet_dash&utm_content=amp14_t2&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link Any donation will help. If you can’t donate, then please share. Stephanie isContinue reading “Please Help If You Can”
‘The Apprentice’ Is A Wall Street Version Of Frankenstein
With a lot of biopics, you have to take them with a grain of salt. Characters and events are often changed or created for the purpose of a good storyline that can be squeezed into two hours of a movie. The Apprentice is an appropriate title for a movie like this as it examines DonaldContinue reading “‘The Apprentice’ Is A Wall Street Version Of Frankenstein”
Please Help If You Can
There’s never a good time to lose your house and belongings in a fire, but on Easter weekend, it has to hit harder. A Muskogee, Okla. family suffered that type of loss recently. If you have the means, please help them out. Or if you could, please share the link below. Thanks for your help.
Happy Earth Day
I hope everyone has a Happy Earth Day. We only have one planet we live on. It’s best we should take care of it as much as we can.
Rest In Power, Pope Francis
Pope Francis was probably the first pontiff in a long time that seemed to exhibit the true teachings of Jesus Christs. Let’s face it, the one he replaced, Pope Benedict XVI, was all about the flair and the pizazz of being the head of the Catholic Church. I don’t doubt there was some truth toContinue reading “Rest In Power, Pope Francis”
Peace And Love Be With Victims Of Columbine On This Difficult Day
Even though it’s Easter, it’s also a grim day for the people of Littleton, Colo. where the Columbine High School Massacre happened on this day, April 20, 1999. For a time, it was the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history. And despite the massacre, very little was done correctly. Charlton Heston was the president ofContinue reading “Peace And Love Be With Victims Of Columbine On This Difficult Day”
Peace And Love For OKC Bombing Victims And Families 30 Years
It was 30 years ago today at the time of this posting at 9:02 a.m. on April 19, 1995 domestic terrorism had burst on to the main scene for the first time since the 1970s during the era of the Weather Underground. Ted Kaczynski, otherwise known as The Unabomber, had been terrorizing people delivering bombsContinue reading “Peace And Love For OKC Bombing Victims And Families 30 Years”
Nicky Katt’s Acting Was Both His Craft And His Curse
Born Augustin Islas in Acapulco, Mexico, Nicky Katt started out as a child actor appearing in blink-and-miss it roles in Gremlins and roles on popular TV shows like Fantasy Island and Trapper John, M.D. On the advice of Harvey Korman, he adopted a more Anglicized name like Nicky. He was also a distant cousin ofContinue reading “Nicky Katt’s Acting Was Both His Craft And His Curse”
Should We Prepare The Guillotine?
In September 2003, David Blaine began performing the infamous “Above the Below” endurance contest. Some people might call Blaine a magician and I think when he rose to prominence in the 1990s, his street illusions distanced himself from the glamourous style of David Copperfield or Seigfried and Roy. But as one of my math teachersContinue reading “Should We Prepare The Guillotine?”
Zane Says 