The last few weeks have been hectic in the Martin household. In fact, the Martin household no longer includes a house! We listed our home for sale in early March...and it sold in five hours. We found a house we want to move into, but, the schedule just didn't work out. We've been spending nearly every … Continue reading A Much-Needed Escape
In 2016, I started a journey back in time. I’d always heard about iconic places like Pennington’s Drive-In, the Italian Inn, and My Pi Pizza but I never got the chance to experience them. Thanks to many hours of research and interviews, I have an understanding of the eating places that defined Tulsa for the … Continue reading Lost Restaurants of Tulsa
Back in October of 2014, I took a little roadtrip into southeast Kansas. I had never visited the town where my father was born and it sounded like as good a destination as any. I was reminiscing a bit tonight and noticed I never shared the experience here. My writing was a lot different back … Continue reading A Look Back in Southeast Kansas
Friday morning, I woke early. 5:00 AM early, in fact. I had a decision to make. Should I drive straight home, or should I map a full day of driving? I had a few locations saved that I could detour to see, including a theatre in Poplar Bluff that's been on my list for YEARS. It would … Continue reading The Poplar Vote
The last two days in Columbia, Missouri have been work days. That being said, I made sure to maximize my time when I'm not in the office, and as I hoped I've been able to visit some of the small towns around here and experience a bit more of Columbia itself. Here are some highlights! … Continue reading Showing Myself the Show-Me State
When I hopped on the highway this morning, I didn't head to the office like normal. At least, not to MY office. My employer sent me to Columbia, Missouri to do some job shadowing at a satellite office. I love traveling for work! Though I was sad to leave Samantha behind for a few days, … Continue reading Winding Through Missouri
I am very excited to announce my next photo exhibition! Opening Night is Thursday, March 2nd at the Circle Cinema. It starts at 6:00 PM and features photographs I've never printed before. At 7:00, I'll be presenting my 'Allure of Route 66' presentation in one of the theaters. If you didn't make it out to … Continue reading Route 66: Green Miles
Happy Valentine’s Day to my companion, my partner, my girl Friday. You hold me up when I want to fall down, encourage me when I’m disheartened, and calm me when I’m upset. She’s goofy, generous, gorgeous…but above all she’s kind. Her creative heart inspires me daily.
I’m so thankful we found each other. If you’ve not taken a look at her stunning steampunk creations, check them out!
I am lucky to have a supportive partner in life, and in my business too. Rhys challenges me, believes in me, and cheers me on. I hope you each have someone, or many somoeones, like this in your life. Celebrate them daily.
I’m making him something special and I wanted to share it with you–it’s still in progress but I was happy when this serendipitously came together. I found transportation tokens that spell out his first name, Rhys, and a fishing lure with his last name: Martin!
Since I've had a pretty light travel schedule lately, I thought I'd do something interesting with the photographs I already have. I back up all of my photos on Google Photos, which has an appropriately great search function. I posed a question on Facebook last week asking folks to submit words or phrases I could … Continue reading Yellow
All last week, the local weather stations have been warning Tulsa residents that a potentially crippling ice storm would arrive this weekend. The big question mark revolved around the actual temperature: in every weather model, Tulsa sat RIGHT on the freezing mark. So it could be a big mess or it could be no big … Continue reading Having an Ice Weekend
Rhys' Pieces 