Within The Realm Podcast
1) At 150 - A Look Back, A Look Ahead
A milestone - a marker on a real or figurative trail that allows you to know how far you've come and how far you've got to go. Here on our 150th episode, I take a moment to consider this particular mi...Show More
2) The Broad Street Pump
For this episode, we will depart from the usual back road or mountain trail, far from where the Great Plains, the Ozark Mountains and the Indian Territory collide for the cobble stone street of London...Show More
3) Piggy Banks or Aid For the Tenth Leper
The Piggy Bank, that most useful tool in teaching thrift and saving for a rainy day. The idea has been around for centuries, but the concept of a little slotted-back pig in every child's room is prett...Show More
4) He Brought Us 'Lectric
An old fan used by my Grandfather to provide a little respite from the Oklahoma summer heat had a history. It had been purchased three decades before I became fascinated with it, listening to it's anc...Show More
5) Dead Woman Crossing
Katie DeWitt had come to the Oklahoma Territory to get herself a piece of the disappearing American Frontier. She taught school there in what would become Dewey County, perfected her claim to a farmst...Show More
6) Displaced Okies and Frito Chili Pie
Traditions have to start somewhere. I was present at the birth of a new tradition for a bunch of fellow Okies living in Kansas involving a favorite food from our home state. A few things had to fall i...Show More
7) The American Elm
The American Elm was the "go to" tree as the thing planted for shade in the mostly treeless Great Plains. As those Plains gave way to villages and towns and then to cities, the American Elm was the fa...Show More
8) Night School and A Driver's License
All the kids had been raised and the youngest grandkid was starting school, it was time for a new chapter for Emma Belle. The next big step required a high school diploma and a driver's license, two t...Show More
9) The Alvarez
Sometimes it takes decades for a story to come around. Years ago I made a deal to acquire a particular guitar and though many a day has passed since the agreement was made, the instrument has made it ...Show More
10) Duwali's Sword
Chief Bowles or Duwali was a name familiar across the American Frontier two hundred years ago. As headman of the Cherokees west of the Mississippi River, he saw his people through many a trying time. ...Show More