PUBLISHER’S NOTE: Due to the expanse of Larry Shaeffer’s career, we have opted to release this story in three posts. The first segment covers the beginning of his career and his rise to success. The middle and final parts will touch on his ownership of Cain’s...
Never Tell Me The Odds JESSICA WILLIAMS Strategic Communications major at OSU. “If you find happiness you need to hold on to it because it is never guaranteed that it will last.” Shane Hoffman, a journalism professor at Oklahoma State University, seems to be a...
“What you hold onto holds on to you.” This is a mantra that C.L. Harmon, author of In the Midst of Reality, lives by. His novel was self-published on Amazon in 2013 and is a collection of what Harmon refers to as mindsets. Mindsets are short works of non-fiction...
Oklahoma and me… and I… and my eye Stories I'm a fifth-generation Oklahoman. My great-great grandparents bought 40 acres in Haskell County in 1913, and my family has alternately farmed and ranched it ever since. My folks live about a quarter mile from there, and my...
Legends are a critical link that connects us to our ancestors and are a positive force from our Creator. Are these true stories or based on actual events? I believe the legends of the Healing Rock speak for themselves. The Main Player, Moonhead Wilson Moonhead Wilson,...
He is not a large man in stature but puts a paintbrush in his hand, and he becomes larger than life. Frank Lorenzo of Pawhuska is the first to say that he prefers to paint outside the lines. Even as a young man with crayons, he realized that he interpreted life...
Ziegler in Kurobonla, Sierra Leone during his time in the Peace Corp Keeping the Bees “Getting stung is just part of it,” he quipped. But in the grand scheme of things, a sour sting now and then is well worth the sweet results Lloyd Ziegler of Mannford, Oklahoma, sees...
It’s a bond beyond explanation. One that revives a tired soul back into jubilation. In many ways, it makes the old feel young again by magically building a bridge that leads to a playground where love and fun are the only rules. I believe whoever said, “A grandparent...
We want to share what makes you unique with the world. Welcome to the world of the Unique! Welcome to Uniquelahoma! This is your invitation for a glimpse into the people, places, and beauty of Oklahoma. Being a journalist for many years has allowed me to meet and...
Outside my window is a woodpecker tapping away at an oak tree. To most, this is of no importance. But to Larry Sellers, it has meaning. Perhaps even a message from one who has already passed on. There is the old comic quip, ‘I am not a doctor, but I play one on TV.’...
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Everything in life and in this world moves. It is in some process of change. This is because change is the life blood of existence. And that blood flows continually in a a direction that is rarely the path of least resistance in order to push the most doors of growth open. As a result, it often seems we are not moving forward in life. But in actuality, our flow has just been slowed so we don’t miss seeing the many open doors that life has afforded us. – C.L. Harmon
