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How Tuffy Got His Name: Putnam, OK ~ Dewey County EPTOM Run

Posted on June 5, 2016August 10, 2022 by Red Dirt Kelly

Our family had lost my grandmother only three weeks prior to this run. That moment in our life, intersecting with wheat harvest and an elder in overalls brought back memories of not only my grandmother cooking meals during harvest, but of my grandpa who died six years prior. And, my other grandparents who had passed during my late adolescent and emerging adulthood years.

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EPOTM: Carney, Oklahoma

Posted on March 26, 2014June 12, 2015 by Red Dirt Kelly

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.

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The “Board of Directors”

Posted on March 21, 2012March 21, 2012 by Red Dirt Kelly

They were humorously mentioned as “the spit and whittle club” in The Imaginary Family Project story on “Gary Ireland.” As I child I fastidiously avoided them in the Tuttle “Save-a-Stop” as they drank coffee every morning and discussed the local, state and national current events. For some reason, any grown man in farm clothes and…

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Like Nothing Else: Ode to WD-40

Posted on March 7, 2012March 8, 2012 by thehoward

Is there a particular smell that you love?  Not necessarily one that transports you to a certain place and time but one that is here and now and….handy.  That’s how it is with me and the sweet, metallic smell of WD-40.  It’s like cinnamon rolls and coffee on the back porch except with a more purposeful…

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Running, Strolling, and Change on the Horizon

Posted on November 23, 2011December 22, 2011 by Guests and Former Contributors

by Michael Mitchell “It’s always the simple things that change our lives. And these things never happen when you are looking for them to happen. Life will reveal answers at the pace life wishes to do so. You feel like running, but life is on a stroll. This is how God does things.” -Donald Miller…

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When I Am An Old Man (Repost: Top 25 of Year One)

Posted on November 7, 2011December 22, 2011 by Guests and Former Contributors

I will start a lot of sentences with the phrase, “Back in my day…” Who am I kidding, I already do this now. I hope to get worse and worse as time goes by.

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Weekly Dose of Life Lessons for Dads of Daughters

Posted on November 2, 2011December 22, 2011 by Guests and Former Contributors

Life lessons for dads of daughters from a dad of a daughter.

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Weekly Dose of Life Lessons for Dads of Daughters

Posted on October 26, 2011December 22, 2011 by Guests and Former Contributors

Life lessons for dads of daughters by a dad of a daughter.

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OU/Texas: The Best Rivalry In College Football?

Posted on October 6, 2011December 18, 2011 by Guests and Former Contributors

How many rivalries have their own hand gesture, and in how many rivalries does one school use the other school’s logo as an insult?

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Weekly Dose of Life Lessons for Dads of Daughters

Posted on October 5, 2011December 22, 2011 by Guests and Former Contributors

Life lessons for dads of daughters by a dad of a daughter.

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Deconstructing My Christianized Self, Part 1 (republish: “Best Of”)

Posted on October 4, 2011October 4, 2011 by Guests and Former Contributors

…I absorbed the basic Calvinistic idea that the material world, like the material body, was colonized with eeeeviil. Most importantly, I was hard wired for eeeeviill.

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A Weekly Dose of Life Lessons for Dads of Daughters

Posted on September 28, 2011December 22, 2011 by Guests and Former Contributors

excerpted from by Michael Mitchell 105. Let her steal your nose from time to time. I promise she’ll give it back eventually. (photo: guzi4real) 104. Staring contests are a great way to pass the time. Making faces at her will give you the advantage in more ways than one. (photo: unknown)

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A Weekly Dose of Life Lessons for Dads of Daughters

Posted on September 21, 2011December 22, 2011 by Guests and Former Contributors

excerpted from by Michael Mitchell 109. Teach her to appreciate a good book. “Children are made readers on the laps of their parents.“ -Emilie Buchwald (photo: to kill a mocking bird) 111. Teach her to shoot a gun… even if it’s just a Nerf gun. A girl with the confidence to fire a weapon can…

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What’s going on? What needs to be done?

Posted on August 31, 2011December 22, 2011 by Guests and Former Contributors

by Michael Mitchell Something’s got me puzzled right now. This blog is not the forum to talk about exactly what it is that’s got me puzzled, but it’s a good place to talk about the process of how I handle puzzling situations. Anytime I’m puzzled by something, I always try to ask at least two…

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House Blend, Anyone?

Posted on August 29, 2011August 28, 2011 by Jeff Bingham

Coffee as an analogy for life? Some would suggest that coffee is life, and I would concur at times. For certain, life often begins each day after a first cup, but today I wish to ponder it before I drink it. As I prepared yesterday’s first “nectar of life” carafe, I considered the description: “House Blend. Lively. Balanced. Intensity: Medium.”

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Football Season Open, Wedding Season Closed!

Posted on August 26, 2011December 18, 2011 by Guests and Former Contributors

by Rob Loeber I choose to see the good in people.  At least I try to see the good in people.  Most folks have a good grasp on manners, courtesy, basic human decency and consideration for the feelings of others. But apparently there are still some out there, who don’t quite understand what it means…

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Real Men Are Punctual

Posted on August 24, 2011August 24, 2011 by Red Dirt Kelly

I recently attended the memorial service for a man who, by everyone’s account, had lived an incredibly full and blessed life of 77 years. The reverend eulogizing this fine man described his incredible gift of woodworking—of creating—and his generosity with that gift. The reverend mentioned his military service, his beekeeping, and the loving family of…

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The Next Barry Sanders Is…Barry Sanders

Posted on August 22, 2011December 18, 2011 by Guests and Former Contributors

by Rob Loeber If you watch Heritage Hall senior Barry Sanders run the football, you can easily picture him wearing a light blue jersey and a silver helmet just like his father did throughout the nineties with the Detroit Lions.  The younger Sanders is an electrifying talent and even though he may not be Hall…

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What makes a REAL dad?

Posted on August 17, 2011June 26, 2015 by Guests and Former Contributors

by Michael Mitchell I’ve written a lot on one of my other blogs on the many qualities I think of when I think about what makes a man a REAL man. Qualities like generosity, courage, simplicity, contentment, strength, and many others. And in many ways, those same general qualities also apply to being a dad….

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Tiger Woods Needs a Hug

Posted on August 12, 2011December 18, 2011 by Guests and Former Contributors

by Rob Loeber He’s not the most sympathetic figure.  He’s not easy to root for anymore and he’s made a colossal mess of his personal life.  But Tiger Woods could use a hug. The man was once on top of the world.  Woods was at the pinnacle of the game of golf and on a…

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