January 18, 2026 After a quarter-century (!) we recently sold our home in Tulsa. In 2000, we had just returned to Tulsa from West Seattle, bringing a mess of plants and bulbs. Some things survived (rosemary, oriental “stargazer” lilies) and…
The Twilight Journal: A Daily Meditation
May 27, 2025 In the positive serendipity that sometimes happens on the Internet, I recently ran across Bill Martiner’s Twilight Journal. I strongly recommend you find the time to visit and slowly, deliberately, read as he documents his journey with…
Everything’s for Sale
January 29, 2025 We have some dear friends in Tulsa who, over the years have lived in at least 8 houses. Maybe more — I might have lost a couple when we were out of town in the 90s. The…
The Quest for the Blue Card
May 22, 2024 Over the weekend, after a LONG 5-year paper chase, my mom and I were finally confirmed as enrolled members of the Cherokee tribe and we each received our tribal citizenship cards — the Blue card. With my…
Olympia
February 24, 2024 I admit it: I’m a former show choir kid. And Theatre kid. In school I put aside my drums and started singing. Less stuff to schlep around. Singing in church choir had led to singing in school,…
A Citizen-Scientist looks at his own COVID
Dispatches from the Front As we get comfortable with a pandemic becoming endemic, we might be starting to lose a bit of personal, anecdotal data on our own COVID outbreaks. So, in the interest of everyone being their own best…
Think Different
April 21, 2022 “Scott Zarrow had a library.” So began Rabbi Marc Fitzerman’s eulogy of Scott Zarrow, a former client and philanthropist who became a friend, whom I think about often. Scott called me up one day after he finished…
William Fosterr, 1950–2022
Yesterday I attended a remembrance service for William Fosterr, whom I got to know and appreciate during my days as the sole IT contractor (2004 — 2011) for the Mental Health Association of Tulsa, now known statewide as MHAOK. I…
Husbandry
This last weekend marked my Meyer Lemon’s annual trip into the house for Winter. Since lemons require a long growing season, I always bring it in just before Thanksgiving laden with lemons while silently praying that none fall off while…
Welcome the Stranger
November 1, 2021 Yesterday, the Tulsa World published an opinion piece I wrote recently, urging us all to help the new Afghan refugees who are being resettled in our area. The link is above, and I’m pasting it below also.…