Blogs from Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States, North America - page 5

My trip from Kansas City to Tulsa was pleasant. Quite a few of the fields lining the highway were flooded in the southern part of Missouri, I have been lucky to avoid some of the record rain fall that has been experienced in the American heartland. The TV station in Tulsa said that they are more than 11” ahead of normal rainfall with four months still to go. One of the draws to visit Tulsa was to visit our good friend, Tony. Wally first met Tony when he went to college in Stoke on Trent back in 1964. Tony had moved to South Africa, then in the early 1980s he moved to the U.S. and was employed by Acme Brick, when Wally joined Acme our friendship was renewed. We had visited Tony and his family in ... read more

This all started in 2003 with a casual comment made at my dinner table by mentor and friend, Jim S, "Janet, you should go to the Orff Institute." I hadn't even thought about it before, and certainly didn't consider that I might get to go someday. I glanced at Lisa across the table and her eyes lit up. We've been planning for it every since then. Thanks to Fund for Teachers (http://www.fundforteachers.org) for making it all happen. They have given us an opportunity of a lifetime to go and experience Orff at the Mozarteum, the place where Gunild Keetman herself co-founded the Orff Institute. We're looking forward to rich and rewarding musical experiences in Orff process. We also expect to be challenged, but we hope that we don't have homework! This will give us the opportunities ... read more

UntitledChristopher E. and Elizabeth F.It is T-Minus 5 days until we leave for Florence. I am working today and tomorrow and taking the rest of the week off to pack and get ready. I am kind of sad to leave because my internship at the Federal Defender's office has been extremely rewarding and I am learning so much. I am so excited to travel through Europe again, and especially to be back in Italy. Rome is my favorite city and I always get a familiar feeling while I am there. Maybe I lived there in a past life...or maybe it's the delicious gelato. While we are in Rome, we are going to see the Vatican and have lunch with the Ambassador to the Vatican (my former neighbor). I also want to go back to the Colliseum ... read more

I’m enjoying being a part of history in the making. When a big clap of thunder woke me up early I wasn’t sure the weather was going to be conducive to standing on a corner in Tulsa, Oklahoma. But the rains moved on through and no more came during the unearthing ceremony. Surprisingly I managed to park only a couple blocks away from the site. I wound up with a relatively good view of the crane lifting it out of the ground and onto a trailer. Then I moved down the street and was right next to it as they took it to the convention center for the unveiling tonight. Even though it was still mostly wrapped in the plastic it’s OBVIOUS it didn’t survive the 50 years underground (and part of that time underwater) ... read more

Hello from Tulsa. I am officially on "Tulsa Time". That's the title to a great country song done by Don Williams for those of you who don't know. It was a nice drive in today. Only 218 miles after the longer days Tuesday and Wednesday. The guy at the campground office suggested a different route than I had planned which I took. I went on I-40 to Alma, AR - the spinich capital of the world (so said the sign!), then took I-540 north to Fayetteville, AR and US 412 into Tulsa. It was a pretty drive through the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas (no where near as beautiful as my NC Mountains). I rolled in here about 2:20 and it took me over an hour to get completely settled in. In the middle of flat Oklahoma ... read more