Tag Archives: Oklahoma City

Profile Response: Marion Paden, Oklahoma City OK

“At the end of your life how do you want to be remembered? I would like people think I’m funny, but I can’t control that. I also want them to think my life made a difference.” For over thirty years … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Mary Reynolds and Louise Goldberg, Oklahoma City OK

During high school circa 1973, Mary Reynolds wore corduroy pants and a cargo jacket, blew a wicked trumpet, and honed her musicianship more carefully than her algebra skills. During college visits home I enjoyed hearing her band, ‘Sisters of Swing,’ … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Kenyon Morgan, Oklahoma City OK

Kenyon Morgan saved me from the misery of my first professional job. Six months out of graduate school I was working for a large Oklahoma City firm, the only period of my life I was truly bored. Kenyon had recently … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 363 – Oklahoma City OK

November 2, 2016 – Sunny, 80 degrees Miles Today: 21 Miles to Date: 18,777 States to Date: 46  Bicycle maintenance day! Al’s Bicycles in OKC did a great job sprucing up Tom for his 2,000-mile check-up. While he was getting … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 362 – Oklahoma City OK

November 1, 2016 – Sunny, 80 degrees Miles Today: 20 Miles to Date: 18,756 States to Date: 46 There are two truths I run up against everywhere I go: our public education system is failing; our public library system is … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 361 – Oklahoma City OK

October 31, 2016 – Sunny, 80 degrees Miles Today: 24 Miles to Date: 18,736 States to Date: 46 I indulge in local culinary delights of the highbrow and fast food variety wherever I go. Today an old high school friend … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 360 – Norman OK to Oklahoma City OK

October 30, 2016 – Overcast, 75 degrees Miles Today: 48 Miles to Date: 18,712 States to Date: 46 Oklahoma City went from 0 to 10,000 citizens in a day: April 29, 1889. For the next hundred years, OKC continued to … Continue reading

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