I am so blessed with an exceptional group of friends. I never fail to carry their warmth home, and also interesting and provcative thinking. The other day at the Grill with Joan was no excepton. The topic of the American Bison and its fate arose. With it an amazing volume of memories, many my earliest, began to flow. more »

I keep delaying because for me the personal pain has not yet begun to let go. The fact that Francine is the only woman and the only person not a businessman or military on the list is I think a compelling tribute to what a powerful woman she was. And it came from love and her liberty. more »

Lord the memories! Just the casual mention of a parrot in a book I am reading recalls Mrs. Hornaday's yellow and green "pirate parrot." It was Mrs. Hornaday that gave my father his first job working in her greenhouses and retail shop. He worked for her intermittently until the move to Tulsa. more »

Yes in ways it seems a fairy tale. But it is recorded as truth. Like the old lizard brain, covered over with layers of living and cynicism, only that time can give authenticity to all that has come since. more »