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Brides find unique style at Vintner’s Cellar
Vintner’s Cellar custom winery will provide your wedding with a unique experience that cannot be matched.
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Speaking Cabernet Franc(ly)
This is the fourth in a six part-series on the six varietals that make up the Bordeaux blend, or Meritage, as it is known in the New World.
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Sauté for a quick and easy meal every time!
Sautéing is a method of cooking food over medium high heat, with a minimum amount of fat.
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Plan now for spring
It’s over as quick as it began. The presents are gone, the stockings are deflated and the winter-time snacks have come to a lull.
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12-26 God Squad
The competition is not fair! Chanukah is a minor Jewish holiday celebrating the Maccabees’ victory to maintain monotheism against the pressure of a pagan world. Christmas is one of the world’s greatest holidays. It combines presents, great music (much of it written by Jews, thank you very much), twinkling trees, a jolly figment of our imagination who tends flying reindeer and, at the root of it all, the hoped-for redeemer of our broken world.
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Petit Verdot: the littlest sister
This is the second of six columns in which The Cork Guy will investigate the blending of Bordeaux and Bordeaux-style wines sometimes referred to as Meritage.
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A Chef’s Paradise
I recently traveled to Seattle for a weekend getaway. I have often heard of this magical place filled with the freshest fish, seafood, fruits and vegetables.
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What goes around might come around
What goes around generally does come around, but not always.
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Family fun warms holiday traditions
Christmas traditions are often started by making the same mistake two years in row.
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Chocolate enriches a manly world
Let’s talk about chocolate. Not the cute little “kisses” kind. Not the “Let’s-hand-it-out-to-the-kiddies-for-Halloween” kind. Let’s talk about real chocolate. Magical chocolate. Manly chocolate. Let’s talk about the kind of chocolate the ancient Americans believed would confer extraordinary strength and courage on those preparing for battle.
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Cat paws can develop bad pad problems
Q: My cat Mindy has had sore feet for several months and they seem to be getting worse.
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Opportunity knocks how often, again?
Knock-knock. That’s opportunity at the door. Think twice before you open it, but don’t dawdle. Wait too long and opportunity might be gone.
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How to successfully adopt an adult cat
The old adage, “There’s only one chance to make a first impression” is very true in the cat world.
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Organ donation a noble gesture in any religion
Q: Recently, I received information from an organization asking me to consider donating my organs after death. Although this sounds very noble, I’m not sure about this matter. Any advice? — M., Buffalo, NY, via a handwritten letter!
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A return to port
In our last column about port wines, we discussed the history and types of port. In this column, we will look further into the world of port wines.
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Dog’s conjunctivitis not contagious, but needs quick treatment
Q: Our 5-year-old sheltie dog always has had healthy, clear and beautiful eyes until about one month ago.
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Teaching is on-the-job training
Last month I watched a young man carve jack-o-lanterns in his kitchen and was reminded of other, even younger hands poking crepe paper into chicken wire frames, making duct tape pillows for sticking butcher paper to banquet hall walls, winding ivy around trellises. …
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Thinking outside the Xbox
The storm on the ocean rocked our ship and washed all our food and water overboard, but when the entire crew except for one wise old salt also washed over the side, we didn’t panic.
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Geriatric exercise good for owner, pet
Just like for yourself, before you begin an exercise plan for your senior pet, you should check with your veterinarian.
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The grape makes the wine
Well, the Cork Guy was thinking this week we should probably look at the different kinds of grapes that are produced to make wine.
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Fever can be good and bad
Fever is a condition where the internal body temperature becomes elevated, and it occurs when the temperature control center in the brain is reset.
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Herbicides dangerous for terriers
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Pheromones can help stressed-out cats
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Nighttime problem common in neutered female dogs
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Fluids necessary to manage feline kidney disease
My cat is 16 years old and has been diagnosed with kidney failure.
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Barking dog problem can be solved
Q: I have an 18-month-old beagle.
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From an insect’s point of view, we scurry, too
Yesterday I brushed and scrubbed the patio furniture, scoured every flat surface, and plucked the last of the fallen leaves from corners and crannies. The vacuum sweeper and I were on the homestretch when I noticed the ants that were scurrying about like infinitesimal, panicked people whose lives had been threatened.
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Americans: ordinary people, extraordinary opportunities
We recently returned from a visit to the eastern United States. We spent a week on the outer banks of North Carolina and half a week touring American history sites.
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Faith survey revealing, but there are more questions to ask
In a recent column, I tried to set out the two routes people of faith must choose between: 1) There are many paths up the same mountain or 2) My way or the highway.
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Teen’s pig party puts presents in perspective
It takes a lot of confidence to throw yourself a pig party to celebrate your 19th birthday, but that’s what Carrie Sutter did. The handmade invitations sported smiling piggies and explained that Carrie was getting a Guatemalan pig for her birthday and in lieu of gifts, guests might make a dollar donation to buy pig feed.
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A baby’s birth brings dad to tears
I dislike the notion of one certain day being the day when we honor all fathers or all mothers or all anything because humans range from awesome to awful. I have a human being who did his best as my dad and I’m grateful.
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The Lord can appear anywhere
Paul Gains, a member of Edmond’s Challenged Pen writing group, which meets at my house twice a month, submitted the following response to the writing prompt “Vegetables.” I was intriqued with his writing and I’m sharing his story.
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Home again, home again, jiggity jig
“This looks like a nice place to live, let’s stay here.” My husband used to say this as we turned in the driveway after a vacation, but now one of the children says it before he gets the chance.
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Experience Oklahoma this summer!
With summer vacation in full swing for students, many children are sure it’s time for all play and no work. Summer is time for more play, to be sure, but some of that play and leisure time can and should be educational.
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Treatment options available for ligament rupture in dogs
Your veterinarian can examine the sore knee to determine whether or not the cruciate is torn.
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To thine own self be true
Self-esteem has been turned into a marketing tool, but I’m not buying. It doesn’t come in a shoebox, a duffel bag or a set of cool pads. It doesn’t come from a report card or even from a job. Self-esteem and self-respect come when a person does what they know is right, even when there is pressure to do something else.
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Father’s Day a time to remember your Dad
Mom’s memoirs and Dad’s Vietnam letters capture the essence of the father I knew. I’d like for you to know him too.
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FHA can help in purchasing or refinancing a home
Who hasn’t heard of the real estate crisis and the mortgage industry melt down?
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America should proceed with caution on Comparative Effectiveness Research
Health-care costs are through the roof. Last year, national health expenditures totaled $2.3 trillion, or $7,600 per person. That’s more than 16 percent of the U.S. economy.
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If you've got Okie blood, you might be a preferred host
A few weeks ago, I was riding in the passenger seat while my teenage son drove north on Interstate 35. I was dressed up to attend a church meeting in Stillwater and was wearing pantyhose.
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Kennel cough may irritate owners, but it’s treatable
Q: I recently boarded my two schnauzers for five days at a local boarding kennel that I have used before. All of their shots are current, but in spite of that, two days after coming home this time one of them — the female and the younger of the two — started coughing heavily and gagging up mucous.
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'As I See It' column celebrates fourth year
I don’t know that the content of these columns would be more interesting if I had a life, but I do know I wouldn’t have time to write them. “As I See It,” or AISI, celebrates its fourth year of publication today, and I celebrate a zillion hours of finger-flying fun.
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Collapsing trachea can be treated, help miniature breeds like toy poodles
Collapsing trachea is a medical condition seen primarily in toy and miniature breeds of dogs.
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Children need to show adults respect
Years ago, I was asked to be my fourth child’s Cub Scout den mother. I knew that Brian’s hyper-antics probably had something to do with the request, but since I had five sons at the time, I figured I should take my turn.
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Happy Birthday song can be embarrassing
Ah, yes, it’s June — the month of blossoming flowers and tweeting birds; the aroma of newly mown grass and whatever the neighbors are barbecuing on their backyard grill. It’s the month of teeth-aching Edy’s like-homemade ice cream from the frozen food section; of itchy sweat rivulets and skeeter bites, and of the black armband I wear in commemoration of yet another birthday.
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Be smart about feeding pets
More is not more — notwithstanding what people do on the Sizzler buffet line.
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Finding the right dog takes planning
I’ve often wondered what percent of puppy purchases are made following a period of thoughtful planning versus a spur of the moment emotional whim.
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Remember to keep old receipts
My needs are simple. A cup of coffee in the morning and whatever’s in the fridge for dinner. Evenings, Bill O’Reilly gives me his take on the day. In the meantime, I talk on the phone and mess with the dog and the cat. I also read. A lot. Sundays, there’s church.
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I'm glad I earned D's instead of B's but I'd rather have an A
As my son scrambles to squeeze every point from his high school classes, I finally submitted to my own end-of-the-school year ritual. I tried on my bathing suits. I started with an old one that I have enjoyed for about eight years, but the elastic crackled as I tested its stretch. It was flattering as long as I wore shorts over it and I sadly tossed it in the trash.
