Random Past Posts
Kiwi Springtime: Queenstown, New Zealand New Zealanders refer to themselves as "Kiwis." And of course most Americans are aware of the brown, furry fruit of the same name. But if you're tracing the original source of the term "kiwi," be aware that the chicken-sized bird came before that egg-sized More...
Red River Rollover: OU 63, Texas 21 Just a few pocket camera shots here, but I couldn't pass up the chance to gloat a little about my Sooners. The first time I ever saw an OU-Texas football game was in 1983 – as a member of the More...
Wichita FALLS: We’re Not in Kansas, Toto. A company in Wichita Falls sells T-shirts reading : “We’re Not In Kansas. We Never Were.” Apparently, a good chunk of the U.S. population doesn't know which state they should look in (Answer: "Texas") to find the place. For More...
Camping at Squaw Lake I met my Dad in southern Colorado for a week of horseback riding and general goofing off. My brother-in-law Bill and a friend of his (Derald Glover) joined us for a camping trip to Squaw Lake. It rained and sleeted More...
Sikhism’s Golden Temple The Golden Temple in Amritsar, India, is the Sikh religion’s version of Mecca or the Vatican. Devout Sikhs make pilgrimages to the Temple to bathe in the huge surrounding Pool of (holy) Nectar. They claim that about 100,000 More...