Monthly Archives: November 2011

Here are a few more photos from Big Cedar Lodge, starting with rose bushes.  Thanksgiving day the temperature got into the low sixties, but last year at the same time it was snowing.     There were a number of … Continue reading →

    This year, we spent our Thanksgiving day at Big Cedar Lodge in the Ozarks (or, as the French say, Aux Arcs). It was our first visit there.  It’s not the cheapest place to stay on the lake, but … Continue reading →

Aspen trees don’t grow too well in most of Oklahoma, and you certainly won’t see them in the Winding Stair Mountains of the Southeast part of the state, the story setting for “True Grit.”  No, you won’t find rocky, snow-covered … Continue reading →

I’d like to dedicate these fall pics to my friend, Danny “Bopper” Rowton, with whom I played in a jazz-rock band back in 1976-1977.  He died this year from complications related to diabetes.  He remained the only real friend I … Continue reading →

It was a soulful day — even if of rubber.  Here are more pics of fall, 2005.            

OK, not completely great, just mostly great.  It’s where I live.  It was a great fall for colors, no doubt — much better than this year.  We were on our way to northeast Oklahoma this past weekend to see if … Continue reading →