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Lee of All Trades ~ EPOTM: Leedey, OK

Posted on July 16, 2016May 27, 2022 by Red Dirt Kelly

He said that the Oklahomans who left that area for California during the Great Depression “left in the middle of the night because they were ashamed to show their faces.”

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Land Tales: Taloga, OK ~ EPOTM Dewey County Run

Posted on June 8, 2016June 8, 2016 by Red Dirt Kelly

Perhaps it’s because she can comically joke about an area brothel going out of business and in the same breath pledge her allegiance to the place where she was born, raised, and will most likely die.

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Poverty, Testing, and the Multiple Roles of Male Middle School Teachers: EPTOM, Quapaw, OK

Posted on April 3, 2016June 14, 2016 by Red Dirt Kelly

Thomasson could have been from anywhere because his story is the same: over testing does as much harm as good; absent parents are absent for a reason, but their absence makes it that much more difficult for a child to succeed; and, male teachers balance the precarious position of being sometimes the only male role model in a young studnet’s life.

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Fading Signals: EPOTM Picher, OK Stop A

Posted on March 10, 2016July 9, 2021 by Red Dirt Kelly

The first time I was to pass by a dead body during a funeral service, my stomach twisted into knots. A line of grownups in front of me sauntered alongside the casket, solemnly paused, murmured words to family members on the front pew, and moved on. Those in line modeled what I was to do,…

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Backstage at the Coleman with Danny Dillon: EPOTM – Miami, OK

Posted on February 29, 2016May 15, 2016 by Red Dirt Kelly

Cripes, I missed the theatre…and Dillon did everything he could to help us enjoy the full experience of the Coleman the day we sat and talked…which made me miss it even more.

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