Please make sure that you are well informed if you decide to go wildcrafting for fruit in Oklahoma. There are many “look-alikes” across our landscapes and I want you to stay healthy!
Showcasing Red Dirt culture ~ authored and managed by contributors with connections to the great state of Oklahoma.
Please make sure that you are well informed if you decide to go wildcrafting for fruit in Oklahoma. There are many “look-alikes” across our landscapes and I want you to stay healthy!
Our brains had been filling up with the stories of the Oklahomans with whom we were interacting. They were filling up with the histories, and mysteries, of those we had just begun to know.
Okay, so we completed our pilot run. I mentioned we had a few hiccups. That was probably an understatement. Going into a project as a novice, I knew there would be corrections. In order to be completely open about our learning curve, here’s the list: Problem #1: I ordered an HD camera I thought was…
Our final cut isn’t where I’d like it to be. But, our first documentation piece for Every Point on the Map has reached the “good enough” standard. Now, we’re ready to share it with you.
If you like a place that knows how to cook an egg to order appropriately, that’ll get you in and out if you’re in a hurry, and that does all that while providing a friendly wait staff…Ya-Ya’s is worth checking out.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly were all part of our pilot run to Carney, Oklahoma this past Saturday. Rachel has some beautiful photos, we have some very special video footage, and we’re working diligently to honor the essence of our first “point” on the Oklahoma map. While those pieces are being polished, however,…
I had flashbacks to those classroom sessions when I opened our camera case this morning. In the case was everything I had ordered and paid for. One camera; some wires to connect to a computer; one battery. Wait. ONE battery? Oh, this can’t be good…
The cyclothymic process of rolling out our “Every Point on the Map” project is wearing me down. To begin, we followed the Kickstarter suggestions to the letter. They suggested we run our campaign for no longer than 30 days so as not to wear down those who might support the project. Okay, well…we probably DID…
Rachel Apple, my daughter and partner in the “Every Point on the Map” (EPOTM) project, excels at listening. Her large brown eyes fixate on the source of information, and there is no breaking that “listening-beam.”
Happy news: we’re 78% of our goal. Scary news: we have 4.5 days left in our campaign! (CLICK HERE TO PLEDGE yo dollahs!) Medium news: our meeting with KOSU was cancelled by the weather. Good news: it was rescheduled for this week! Cool news: we were sent a suggestion to use a new software available…
I just checked our Kickstarter crowd funding site for “Every Point on the Map” (EPOM). When I look at the Dashboard information I feel mixtures of fear, hope, anticipation, motivation…and then a wave of calm washes over me. I let those feelings go and my tense spine relaxes. “It’s fine,” I tell myself. “We…
Using my lunch hour efficiently, this Thursday I managed to get to the KSBI-52 studio, complete a short interview, and get back to the precepting room at work with a little time to spare. But not without sweating a few bullets. I’ve only been on TV three times in my life. The first was when…
Two days ago we launched our “Every Point on the Map” crowd funding site. It was a big step, more than a little scary, and now the hard work begins. We need to raise $3100 in 30 days or we get nothing. It’s that simple. Or, maybe…it’s that hard. Since the first year of my…
how do we be fair about our selection? Random and unprovoked by outside suggestions? How do we let the project reveal who it reveals, as opposed to let emotionally or financially invested individuals sway our decisions? And, how do we up our chances of influences those we request to speak with to say “yes” even though they may be very unfamiliar with publicity, telling their stories, or wishing to have any attention?
“Every Point on the Map” will be a ten year journey to visit each one of Oklahoma’s 593 townships or cities and have a meaningful conversation with one person in each place.
Our kitchen smells like buttery toasty garlic-y basil. Tonight at 8:15 p.m. I was so tired I had contemplated going to bed when I recalled a phone call from my younger daughter a few days earlier. “I’m going to get a few groceries, mom. What do I need to make pesto?” And so the discussion…
There are always the less-than-lovelies. And, they have a purpose. My sauce tomatoes are not sliced nor diced. They are not stuffed with glorious salads, nor wedged and placed on top of beautiful pizzas. My sauce tomatoes have a mission. They are ridded of spots, bruises, overripe sections and holes bored by grasshoppers. They are…
Who needs chips? A spoonful into my mouth, oh my…I close my eyes. Green coolness, fragrantly salted hits the tip of my tongue and Garden onion aroma goes up my nose; Black pepper accompanies the bite And as it slides toward my throat I taste Fire grilled chilis, and a garlic finish. I exhale to…
I decided Katherine Sarafian was the bees knees after watching a film clip of how she guided the historical and topographical research for her Pixar project, “Brave.” “If anyone would understand my book, Georgie the Giant,” I thought, “it would be her.” Go big or go home, right? So I reviewed the Pixar website prior…
This past weekend I was preparing pan fried okra. I gently lifted one of my range fed eggs from its nest in the carton. My left hand opened the refrigerator, grabbed the milk, and closed the door in one fluid sequence. My fingers slid over the smooth chrome edge as I choose the proper sized…