When asked what she thinks makes a great marriage, Ree Drummond, aka popular Oklahoma blogger and cookbook author The Pioneer Woman, was hesitant to answer. “I don’t feel like I can give people advice on marriage,” she said. But she does know why her own marriage works, and tells how it all began in her […]
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CFN Quote of the Week
“I was just a little apprehensive, because I was afraid he was gonna try to have me singing this contemporary-type rock stuff, and I thought, ‘I don’t want to sing that kind of material! And even if I did, I don’t think my fans would like it.’ Well, it didn’t take long to find out […]
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Stutter steps
Regarding Phil Bacharach’s review of “The King’s Speech” (Film, “Firth and foremost,” Jan. 5, 2011, Oklahoma Gazette): As support group leader for “Speak Out!,” Oklahoma City’s National Stuttering Association (NSA) adult support group, I was touched personally by “The King’s Speech” movie. The movie captures very well the feelings and emotions that people with disfluency […]
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Ask, tell
Trey Watts looked out his office window on a recent blustery, December day. A string of multicolored pennant streamers flapped in the breeze at the used car dealership in north Oklahoma City where he has worked for 11 years. On his desktop computer, Watts checked for breaking news concerning the upcoming vote in Congress to […]
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New Year, new resolutions
I nominally consider making New Year’s resolutions every single year. I have yet to actually make one and stick with it. But I swear, this year will be different. (No, it won’t.) First up, lipstick. I don’t wear it. I don’t even wear gloss. Instead, I go for ChapStick, a lifelong obsession. But I know […]