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
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
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
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
I've been on vacation for nearly two weeks. It's been a busy time: Thanksgiving, Indie Emporium, family stuff, house work. I hadn't been able to break free for a day and explore (as I am wont to do) until today. I woke early, grabbed a cup of coffee, and left Tulsa without much of a … Continue reading Restless Wandering
Last Monday, I hopped on a plane to Chicago for work. Although I was there for several days and had my camera with me, I boarded the plane back to Tulsa on Wednesday without taking a single picture. It was a bit depressing to spend all that time in Illinois without doing any sight-seeing. I had Thursday … Continue reading Traveling the Western C’s
Friday morning, I got up early as usual. However, instead of heading into the office, I headed south on Highway 75 towards Dallas. I had tickets for a concert in the heart of Big D and I had an entire day to wander south, through Oklahoma and North Texas. There were plenty of places marked on my … Continue reading Okie Backroads & The Horror Master
I had the day off today. Just earlier this week, I was lamenting to Samantha that it had been way too long since I'd taken a road trip in Oklahoma. When I look back at my blog history, the last time I took an Oklahoma-specific trip was April 9th! No wonder I was feeling stagnant. … Continue reading Signs and Wonders
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