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The Smallest of things: Telomeres

Posted on February 7, 2021March 20, 2023 by Red Dirt Kelly

Those things are found in the tiniest of choices of every moment of every day with the person you love within a community that’s supportive. True story: virtual war on the battlefield can affect you in many of the same ways relational war in your home can.

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TNMC “Fly on the wall” stuff — EPOTM extra

Posted on August 4, 2019August 4, 2019 by Red Dirt Kelly

I moved to Ada, Oklahoma almost three years ago. Since that time my life has been in a constant state of unpacking and attempting to shape something that looks like a new life here. The energy it takes to uproot to a new location far surpassed any prediction I could have made. But something pushed…

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Praying Without words: Sacred music, circa 2002

Posted on August 3, 2019February 7, 2021 by Red Dirt Kelly

Today as we mourn the deaths from a mass shooting in El Paso, some might need to pray without words. I know I do. And, I’m praying for solutions as well.

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Medicine Park Magic: EPTOM Tries to Catch UP

Posted on March 15, 2018May 26, 2021 by Red Dirt Kelly

My cold cheeks smiled as I listened to Cydi’s stories while simultaneously managing flash back memories from the late 70s and early 80s.  I had been a drum major; she, an energetic twirler. And, thirty years later, we stood together wrapped in the narrative she so generously shared, the blankets and jackets we were wearing, and a sense of familiarity — both of place, and of person.

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Traveler Shares His Name

Posted on September 29, 2017September 29, 2017 by Red Dirt Kelly

Sam Chesnut’s tender demeanor around his horse Traveler never hints at his former life as a police force sniper. Though bald and supported by a cane from various rounds of cancer treatments, Sam’s gentle voice shares story after story about his favorite horse…each one ending with a kiss on Traveler’s large, dark cheek. It’s as…

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