Twas’ the night before Thanksgiving

I’ll take the night before Thanksgiving over Christmas Eve any year. Christmas Eve is a tired ol’day, worn out by the flurry of activity preceding it, and by the time it arrives, usually too soon, it’s all out of breath as it plops its burden of stress and strain—last minute shopping, checklists, nagging questions (Did …

Come Home

“Oklahoma! You’re a long way from home.” I was in the grocery store with my wife Saturday, and on Saturdays, during college football season, I ALWAYS were a shirt bearing my team’s insignia, “OU,” or “Oklahoma Football,” in their colors, crimson and cream. Whenever I’m tempted to purchase another OU T-Shirt (long or short sleeved, …