I met Thomas Jefferson in the Osage Hills just north of downtown Tulsa while working as a curator at Gilcrease Museum. Can history determine the cause behind his mercurial

use of "a Declaration &c” in a letter written July 1, 1776? Why would someone as deliberate as Jefferson pair the pedestrian with the profound?...To determine the why, we must consider the who, what, when, and where…We must sleuth, analyze, and assess because history is not a noun, it is a pursuit. Find out more in Oklahoma Humanities magazine.

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Hardship, Hope, and Home: The Photographs of Dorothea Lange

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Finalist, Great Plains Journalism Awards

First Place, Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists

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Her name isn't as familiar as John Steinbeck or Woody Guthrie, but it should be. She humanized the Dust Bowl and Depression in a ways novels and songs could not. Traveling the country, she documented migrant workers, farmers, and laborers. Learn more about this remarkable woman in Oklahoma Humanities magazine. 

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Losing Time...and Finding It

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First Place, Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists

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November is Alzheimer's Awareness Month and I'm grateful to Oklahoma Humanities magazine for letting me share my experience with this all-too-common disease. We measure days with hours, but we measure life with memories. They are the true timekeepers. Read more in Oklahoma Humanities magazine.