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Oklahoma: a Middle Path relationship
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Britton Gildersleeve
I’m a native Okie. Most of the time, I’m very proud of my 2nd generation roots — not common for many Okies, many of whom have moved here during various oil booms, or for school, or whatever. My grandparents weren’t in the Rush, and I’m proud of that, too, as it was a rip. Where…
schedule (and value?) conflicts
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Britton Gildersleeve
So here it is the 1st week of January, and already I have…schedule conflicts??? I’m retired, for pete’s sake! How can I have THREE happening on the same weekend next JUNE?? But I DO. And each of them dear to me, although obviously not of similar importance. First (and certainly most important!) is staying w/ my…
borders and threshold spaces
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Britton Gildersleeve
New Year’s Day is an odd construct: the year ‘begins,’ although we know that one day is much like another. Change is almost always far more gradual than 1 nanosecond. And yet, constructs have great power. This fence marks borders between farms, between ‘mine’ and ‘yours.’ Many of my writer friends are reflecting on the…
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