Sometimes there are secrets so deeply hidden, made all the more mysterious by the silence of those involved. And so was the closely held secret of the strange visitor to our home that fall of the year I turned five. Not until years later, as a college student, did time reveal its secrets.
Everyone who knows me, knows I am fascinated with Ozark Giraffe style homes. I’ve made note of a few that have fallen to the progress of time in the past few weeks. Here’s a bonus episode with my tribute to the peculiar little houses that dot the Ozarks!
It’s easy to find what’s wrong with the world, but when a little hope and sunshine comes your way, sit up and take notice! The story of a weary teacher, a fabled figure of American folklore and a guy with a heart as big as all outdoors.
The tragic tale of Reuben and Fred, two young cowboys on an errand to the Cimarron River salt flats in what is now Woods County, Oklahoma. Their final resting place is this lonely and windswept territory has been marked and remembered for the 155 years since the cowboys met their demise in one of the final chapters of the west when it was wild. Fred and Reuben were in the middle of the great Cheyenne Exodus. They were in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Here a little change of pace! I appeared on The Messy City with Kevin Klinkenberg, a podcast dedicated to discussing development and design of the places in which we live. It’s a great podcast and always leaves me thinking. Here’s the Messy City episode in which Kevin andI talk about these development and planning concepts and how they interact with regular folks. I hope you enjoy it and check out the other great episodes of the Messy City.
https://kevinklinkenberg.substack.com/p/writing-the-story-for-your-city-or#details
Within the Realm 