by Lynn Lipinski | Feb 28, 2011 | Essays and Features, Personal
There’s nothing particularly fancy about a piece of satin-finished Frankoma pottery, made of creamy beige clay from the Arbuckle Mountains or reddish clay from Sugar Loaf Hill. But something about its blend of Western inspired lines and practicality appeal to...
by Lynn Lipinski | Jan 26, 2011 | Essays and Features, Oklahoma, Personal
It was the opposite of an Oklahoma land rush in Picher this week, as giant yellow CATs started knocking down abandoned homes and businesses in this town scarred by eight decades of mineral mining. Most of the town, including its multiple piles of discarded rock,...
by Lynn Lipinski | Oct 29, 2010 | Essays and Features, Oklahoma
I’ll admit it — growing up in Tulsa, I was always scared of the 76-foot Golden Driller statue. We had to walk under his widespread legs to get into the main entrance of Expo Square, home to gun shows, the county fair, rodeos, circuses and high school...
