You Can’t Make Old Friends

You Can’t Make Old Friends

What will I do when you’re gone? Who’s gonna tell me the truth? Who’s gonna finish the stories I start, The way you always do? When somebody knocks at the door, Someone new walks in. I will smile and shake their hand, But You Can’t Make Old...
Friends I Want

Friends I Want

I wanna have friends, That I can trust. Who love me for the man I’ve become, Not the man that I was. I wanna have friends, That will let me be, All alone when being alone is all that I need. Wow. Great lyrics from a...
Power of Place

Power of Place

Surrounded on all sides by other farms, the only way in is by a field road along the property line of two of them. These 84 acres have been in my family for over 120 years. I have never lived on this land, but my ancestors have. I may never be a permanent resident of...
Dolphins

Dolphins

As the early morning glow of light began to illuminate the beach, I noticed the number of people increase slowly. Some jogged with shoes on, some sloshed barefooted through the edge of the waves like me. Others strolled at a reflective pace, while others marched with...
Mixed Messages

Mixed Messages

  A few years ago, we ate at a nice restaurant (Othello’s in Edmond, OK) with two other families. We dined at the large table in the center of the room with the children all at one end so we could maximize the disturbance. Midway through our meal, our...