Rainy Season of a Broken Heart!

Tears fall from our eyes and cover our face, announcing to all that our emotions can no longer be contained. Then there are the silent tears, the ones that fall from our heart and cover our soul, the most painful tears imaginable.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Letter to the Editor, Every day we hear about people starving all over the world by way of newspapers or TV, and I wish that I could help in some way. Well, we can all help in a small way here in Bristow.

Lucas is the experienced voice western Oklahoma needs in Congress

With primary elections coming up next week, Western Oklahoma will face an important choice about who will be our voice in Congress.

What’s The New You?

Ah, spring! The trees bud, the flowers are blooming, shrubs are bursting forth with new floral wonders, the birds are all singing and hastily busy making their nests, making things ready for new life. There’s a new wonderland of freshness and beauty, replacing the drab, unfruitful world of winter.

A Father's Mercy

Daddy was an unusual person. He grew up in an era when cowboys were real. His favorite memory was a cattle drive with his father and his best friend. His was a life of responsibility and a no-nonsense approach to whatever needed to be done.

“It All Starts With A Stand-Off ”

Husband has had a horrible time at work that day. Feeling kicked around, unappreciated and definitely out of sorts, he pulls into the driveway, only to find that his three-year-old has left her tricycle blocking the garage door… again.

Thinking Out Loud

When I was five, a great and mighty, awesome, dark river surged swiftly onward not far from the front door of my house. When I was ten, my river, similar to a magic pumpkin, had changed into a babbling brook interspersed with stones large enough for running flying leaps, and splashing wet landings.

“The Pain And The Healing Of The Wounded”

Yep, it’s been a really tough few years for everyone. In just about every possible conceivable way. Financially, physically, and emotionally, and it hasn’t really mattered how old or young you are – life has stunk in a lot of ways.

Your Finest Hour!

What phrase shall I use? Congratulations? Best wishes? Finally? Free at last? We’re proud of you? God bless you? We thought this day would never come? Other similar greetings could be chosen. My choice is: “Congratulations and welcome to your new world.

Where’d They All Go?

One of the greatest mysteries in recent archaeology history is a structure found buried for centuries in southeast Turkey. Gobekli Tepe is a twenty-acre site constructed around 9500-8800 BC and abandoned about 8000 BC. No one knew of it until 1963. Where’d they all go?