Love that Lasts
Seventy-odd years ago at a church youth meeting in Hugo, Oklahoma, a girl fell in love.
Read More >ART: Edmond Poet Rediscovers Love of Words
Candace Liger nearly gave up on poetry.
Although the cadence and rhythm of words has danced through her blood for most of her life, Liger’s affair with poetry has all the signs of a rocky relationship. Poetry has brought her joy, has comforted her in times of need, has disappointed and angered her and, at one point, it betrayed her.
Changes Down the Road
The new year will bring a rush of changes to Edmond, and residents will begin to see the familiar landscape of their city grow and morph as new developments and businesses bloom in 2013.
Read More >Meet the Chief
Jake Rhoades and his family relaxed in the car as they drove back from a family reunion in Dallas when suddenly, another vehicle crossed the centerline on Waterloo Road in Edmond and slammed into Rhoades’ car.
Read More >ARTS: Her Throne Was Magic
The light filters down through the trees in a golden glow, bathing the young queen on her throne with luminosity as she holds court in the grass to an adoring crowd of stuffed animals.
Read More >Cole’s Creations
The Santa Claus figures that fill Beverly Cole’s Edmond home aren’t the obligatory red-suited, chubby characters that line the shelves of every store, gas station and mega retailer each year.
Read More >Adventure Travelers
Bill & Susan Dragoo sit back in their comfortable deep chairs and laugh about that day they got lost in the slums of Kathmandu. Winding through the sinister rambling grottos while trying to find a bar frequented by bicyclists who explore Nepal, they wandered through the shadows, dodging lurking men and filth. Susan was not amused. Bill was pragmatic.
Read More >Fight Like a Girl
If you had told Jessica Cargill of Edmond 10 years ago that she would be kicking and punching people for a living, she just might have”�� well, punched you.
Read More >ARTS: Fiber Artist
Donna Hilton’s fingers stroke the cream-colored wad of shimmery, pillowy down made from a mix of Merino sheep, yak and silk.
Read More >SPORTS: Falling Skies
The feeling of falling from 10,000 feet in the air, towards the Oklahoma earth, isn’t what you’d expect.
Read More >ARTS: Fame and the Fiddle
Some men were born with music in their soul and an instrument in their hand. With that birthright comes a lifetime of plucking and stroking strings and passing on the magic.
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