Rare, Collectible, & Otherwise
Twenty hours of snow to bury the car. Two hours with a shovel to dig it out. Two minutes to get bogged down two blocks from home.
I was so sure my skills and experience would get me through. Turns out, it was more like two guys with a shovel and a hearty push. I didn’t slow down until the car was back in the nice, freshly shoveled driveway.
Perhaps the bookstore won’t be open Thursday, either. On the other hand, this is Oklahoma, where on occasion the temperature goes up after dark.
I am at the kitchen table, trying to ignore the blinding glare from the back yard. Oklahoma is said to be a ‘blue’ state, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen so much white. The book store is closed, as are the roads through this neighborhood.
Should’a: (1) Bought some items when I filled up at QuikTrip. (2) Battled the crowds at the grocery store Monday evening, since I’d love to be cooking something right now. (3) Gone to bed Monday night, instead of venturing out regularly to clear the car for Tuesday’s morning drive. (4) Taken some photos of books to list for sale on the internet. (5) Brought along the gloves I left on the front counter.
Glad that I: (1) Filled up at QuikTrip. (2) Didn’t venture out Tuesday morning, since I likely would have been mired in a snowdrift. (3) Don’t work for a corporation any longer, that would have required me to be on the job and driving to get there.
Granted, I have selective memory – but I don’t remember being stuck inside a house before. No doubt, all the years in broadcasting required that I be on the job, forcing the snow-shoveling and slippery driving. Maybe I wouldn’t feel so trapped if I had a compelling reason to dig out.
Meanwhile, I’ll enjoy the fact that Oklahoma has four seasons – even if none of them last particularly long!
America’s Grizzly Mom will make a Tulsa stop on her upcoming book tour. HarperCollins announced Wednesday that the former Republican vice presidential candidate and Alaska governor will tour to promote her second book, America by Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag.
Book Signing Brings Palin to Tulsa
The Tulsa stop will break with arrangements to visit Barnes & Noble locations in favor of the Mardels Christian Book Store on 71st Street at Highway 169. The appearance is scheduled for Friday, November 26.
Palin continues to flirt with the idea of a 2012 GOP presidential run, and her book tour will skip the east coast in favor of the heartland. Sunday, the former governor kicks off her new TLC reality show, “Sarah Palin’s Alaska.” The show has already been described as the “earliest, most expensive presidential campaign ad ever made.”
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