After the loss of his job and then his father, Morgan Tepsic found himself in a bit of a bind. With rising costs, money was tight and his family found themselves struggling to make ends meet. Food for the family’s two dogs was among the expenses. “Dog food was a big one. The stuff isn’t […]
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Midwinter glow
With the high of the holiday season over and done, it’s easy to fall into a winter slump. Catching a glimpse of sparkly eyeshadow or a bright red lip in the mirror can be the perfect way to revive a little cheer and maybe find a touch of the approaching Valentine’s Day spirit. However, bright […]
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Winter joys
“The most wonderful time of the year” is over and it’s cold, and warm, and then cold again. Spring is a couple months away and wallets are still recovering from end of year expenses. Luckily, the Oklahoma City metro is not short on affordable winter activities, of both the warm and cold variety. Braving the […]
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Walking the walk
It all started as an experiment. “It was born out of a terrible faith crisis that my husband and I were going through,” Jamie West-Zumwalt said. “I grew up as a pastor’s kid and he grew up as a missionary kid, both in very conservative evangelical Christianity. Then we married and because it’s just the […]
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Citizen Spotlight: Charla Collins
“I’m just a mom. Not a nonprofit or anything like that. I’m just a mom,” Charla Collins said. Charla’s daughter Kylie lives with severe mental illness. After suffering a traumatic brain injury in her teens she eventually turned to drugs, and with little resources available to get her the long term mental health care she […]
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Press your luck
We’ve all heard it a thousand times by now: bookstores are dying, indie publishing is dead, and print media is a dusty relic of the distant past, all run out of the market by chain stores and online convenience. And yet, OKC’s Literati Press is now twelve years into the game and going stronger than […]
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Citizen Spotlight: Tim Herbel
Tim Herbel is a man who keeps his promises, and making good on one led him on a path he could never have imagined. “I’ve had three chapters of life. Chapter one, I had it all planned out, went through a divorce. Closed that chapter and did financial services. And at the end of that, […]
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Citizen Spotlight: Rob Watkins
Helping doesn’t have to be complicated—sometimes the simplest of actions can have a substantial impact. Rob Watkins knows what it’s like to be on the street and how quickly a change in circumstances can land someone there. Rob found himself homeless in Oklahoma City after a difficult divorce was followed by the false promise of […]
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Holiday VIBES
“I imagine kind of this crisp, cool, December first night with lots of people bundled up and out on foot with hot chocolate, or something stronger, in hand and walking up and down these cute streets and, you know, Christmas music in the background and lights in trees and light posts and just a pretty […]
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Holiday cheers
This holiday season, Ponyboy is transforming this season into an aggressively festive pop-up called Miracle on 23rd Street. The international concept was started by a popular barware brand held in high esteem in the bar service industry, Alex Larrea, food and beverage director, said. “Miracle got started as a way for them to program this […]