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Photo Log 2: Biking East OK County
Today’s journey takes us to Harrah (pronounced hair’-uh), but also the spot in Choctaw where the river has already eaten a house and is now threatening a major thoroughfare. The original story of the house, with pictures, is here from … Continue reading
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Tagged cycling, eastern oklahoma county, fitness, geography, Harrah, Harrah Road, history, Indian Meridian, nature, North Canadian River, oklahoma, Oklahoma County, photography
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Cycling My Way
I felt I should explain the cycling itself that I do. As near as I can recall, I found this just over seven years ago, on sale at Walmart. Using my tax refund that year, I paid a little less … Continue reading
Photo Log 1: Biking SE OK County
Background: Oklahoma was surveyed in a square-mile grid. From what I understand, the surveyors simply cut a straight line path between corners, and locals kept using that path they cut, which eventually saw improvements in some places. So most of … Continue reading
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Tagged cycling, Draper Lake, fitness, geography, nature, oklahoma, Southeastern Oklahoma County
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Psalm 48
The third in the praise trilogy, we have now the emphasis on Zion. We’ve seen God as Protector, as King, and now His earthly capital reflects His glory. Depending on the particular translation, there is reference to Mount Zaphon or … Continue reading
Bits and Pieces 12
Gardening sucks this year. At least six times we’ve had to cover the plants from late and even later freezes. Eight times we’ve had to cover them from hail damage. They are too big to cover now. Because of the … Continue reading
Epilogue of Angels
Angie and Preston had a rather quiet fall season volksmarching in the Eifel, Rheinland and Saarland areas. During a beautiful hike in Trier, they stopped for a snack on the university campus. While they sat enjoying Bavarian pretzels, Preston’s phone … Continue reading
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Tagged geography, mysticism, transportation, walking
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Of Truth and Angels 10
Grabbing their bags, they made sure to check that everything was as they had found it. Returning the key to the tiny enveloped, they hung it on the door handle, closed the lock on the hasp and strode off into … Continue reading
Of Truth and Angels 9
From behind, large brown hands grabbed Preston, lifting him slightly off the ground. Purely by instinct, Preston simultaneous thrust the camera out at arm’s length while kicking where he thought the legs should be on whomever grappled with him from … Continue reading
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Tagged fitness, geography, technology, walking
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Of Truth and Angels 8
“I think it’s time to remove this hair coloring,” Preston suggested as they started filling the tub. He looked at the small on-demand water heater common in most of Europe. “This has to be the smallest one they could find.” … Continue reading
Of Truth and Angels 7
By lunch time the spectators began showing up. That is, lots of cameramen scattering across the city looking for advantageous locations, lots of people in expensive suits despite the late summer heat and a few extra policemen in groups talking … Continue reading