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The Community Garden

Renee
posted on April 6, 2024
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Our local library started hosting a community garden last year. We didn’t participate last year, since my health was poor. This year, I am doing better, and the boys wanted to get a garden plot. We

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Hiking the 40 foot hole

Renee
posted on April 6, 2024
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The 57th Edition of the Mangum Rattlesnake Derby

Corry Kendall
posted on May 4, 2023
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My Derby this year began on a cool November night in 2001. I was a Junior at Mangum High School. I loved football. I took an immense pride because I belonged to the rich tradition of the Mangum

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Guys’ Trip: Back to School Shopping and Wildlife Refuge

Corry Kendall
posted on August 7, 2022
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The boys will soon start school. Summer is practically over. This may very well go down as the worst summer of our children’s lives. This year has been marked with so much tragedy,

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Monotony. Let’s shake things up a bit.

Corry Kendall
posted on January 10, 2022
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Monotony. Simply put, it means “lack of variety and interest; tedious repetition and routine.” We all suffer from monotony. We, for the most part, have our waking (and sleeping) lives

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The Long Road Trip and the many discoveries it offers

Corry Kendall
posted on June 15, 2021June 15, 2021
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The American Road Trip. The ethereal nature of the open road, zigzagging across landscapes, brings a sense of centering and calmness that is often lost in the drowning maelstrom of the day-to-day.

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The Mangum Rattlesnake Derby, 22 Derbies and counting…

Corry Kendall
posted on April 27, 2021April 28, 2021
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In April of 2000, I was a Freshman in high school. For a few years prior, I mingled with the Rattlesnake ‘Ranglers of the Shortgrass Rattlesnake Association. I was there, hauling boxes, moving

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2021 Mangum Rattlesnake Derby

Renee
posted on April 25, 2021April 25, 2021
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Top of the World…?

Corry Kendall
posted on February 7, 2021
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The weather was cool and crisp. A cold front would move through in a few hours. But, on this cool and sunny February day, I had my eye on conquest. For the past two years, I have promised my youngest

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Searching for Bald Eagles

Renee
posted on January 11, 2021
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Spoiler Alert! We didn’t find any eagles. We have been trying to spot bald eagles at nearby lakes for the last eight years. It has become an “event” that the boys look forward to