I spent many years in the Air Force and over my lifetime been to 24 states and six countries.  With all the great places that I’ve seen, there is no place like home.  I would never want to live anywhere but Oklahoma City.  I’ve experienced much of what this video speaks of first hand and [...]

About four years ago I went through South Oklahoma City and took many pictures of how that side of town was being over-run with graffiti and gang symbols. I Posted a blog about it on January 2, 2009 and since then, it has been commented on more than any other post.  Since it focused on Mexican gangs, [...]

We have been very fortunate over the last few years to have an economy that has been very strong despite the national economy struggling the way it has.  I’ve heard stories that one of the reasons that we have not been hit as hard as a lot of places in the United States is because [...]

  I took this screenshot of the National Weather Service’s web site in Norman, Oklahoma.  We in Oklahoma are use to having bizarre weather because it is always changing and full of extremes and this year is no different.  As you can see this year we were in drought most of the year and continue [...]

This time of year is one of my favorites. The weather is just perfect and the colors really display to make a pretty environment.  This is downtown Oklahoma City.

On October 29, 2011 the National Weather Center in Norman, Oklahoma had their annual National Weather Festival at the National Weather Center.  Wheew!  That is a mouth full!  Each year they open up the center to the public to allow people to see the technology that is used to forecast weather.  As you may know, [...]

This has been a busy month for us as we have been getting settled in our new home.  This month we’ve had several earthquakes that have shaken the place around.  We have been busy with work and family.  Family is very important to me so we try to spend as much time together as possible. [...]

The Oklahoma City skyline has been changing for the last two years with the construction of this 850 foot Devon Energy Center.  The building it only 50 floors but is much taller than the number of floors would suggest.  I took this picture last night, November 19, 2011.  I have been hoping that the windows [...]

I just took this photo of the new Devon Energy Center tower with the crown being built on top.  It should top out in a little less that two weeks.

I live in the city of Oklahoma City and so there is a problem that I hear about often. That problem is urban sprawl.  Oklahoma City covers 621 square miles not counting surrounding suburbs.  Much of this land is uninhabited rural area on the fringe areas.  The city of Oklahoma City deals with problems that [...]