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23/05/2025

A Grandmother To All
It’s a bond beyond explanation. One that revives a tired soul back into jubilation. In many ways, it makes the old feel young again by magically building a bridge that leads to a playground where love and fun are the only rules. I

It’s a bond beyond explanation. One that revives a tired soul back into jubilation. In many ways, it makes the old feel young again by magically building a bridge that leads to a playground where love and fun are the only rules. I believe whoever said, “A grandparent is old on the outside but yo...

19/05/2025

It would all begin with three things: a chicken in the war-torn battlefields of Europe during WWII, a man named Grant Hastings, and Hastings’s desire to taste the deliciously smoked barbecue meats of home while serving his country in the cause of freedom.
https://uniquelahoma.com/how-a-chicken-changed-history-hasty-bake/

16/05/2025

Blue October at Zoo Amphitheater September 17, 2022

Photos taken and provided by Vernon Gowdy III.

https://uniquelahoma.com/vernongowdy/blue-october/

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Blue October at Zoo Amphitheater September 17, 2022

12/05/2025

The journey of the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher to becoming Oklahoma’s official bird began many years ago.

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The Scissor-tailed Flycatcher: Oklahoma's Aerial Jewel Welcome to Oklahoma, where the wind sweeps across the plains and nature flourishes in all its glory. In this vibrant state, we are fortunate to have a unique representative of our avian friends - the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. Join me on a journ...

09/05/2025

A Day to Remember at the Zoo Amphitheater OKC on October 4, 2022

https://uniquelahoma.com/vernongowdy/a-day-to-remember/
Photos taken and provided by Vernon Gowdy III.

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A Day to Remember at the Zoo Amphitheater OKC on October 4, 2022

05/05/2025

This seemingly endless desire for this rich, robust taste grows with coffee shops springing up everywhere and every new generation discovering the various captivating flavors.

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Its origins are a bit mysterious. However, one legend has it that a goat herder named Kaldi stumbled upon it in the forests of the Ethiopian plateau. It turns out his goats found renewed energy after eating some strange berries. Those berries would eventually become the foundation for the drink dubb...

02/05/2025

An alarming amount of tragedies are the result of single-car wrecks, people who, for one reason or another, suddenly plunge into a darkness that only they can see, leaving scraps of sorrow and mystery.

https://uniquelahoma.com/haunted-highway-9/

For many, the sight of an open highway can lead to moments of nostalgia, reminding one of the family trips and warm welcomes. For others, they inspire a sense of adventure, the promise of something new that contains an element of danger. And yet, there is danger out amongst the asphalt and winding r...

28/04/2025

A Visionary Touch
He is not a large man in stature but puts a paintbrush in his hand, and he becomes larger than life. Frank Lorenzo of Pawhuska is the first to say that he prefers to paint outside the lines. Even as a young man with crayons, he realized

He is not a large man in stature but puts a paintbrush in his hand, and he becomes larger than life. Frank Lorenzo of Pawhuska is the first to say that he prefers to paint outside the lines. Even as a young man with crayons, he realized that he interpreted life differently. It's what his [...]

25/04/2025

IMAGINE a cloud so dark it turns day to the darkest of nights for what seemed endless. Do you want to know more?

Look for the next story on Uniquelahoma.com next week.

21/04/2025

"Nothing bought off the shelves today relates to our flavor… nothing. It's uniquely ours..."

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Oklahoma’s Only Family-Owned Soda Company Is Bringing In The State’s Newest Taste  ‘O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.’ Psalm 34:8. And though it is not on the packaging, this scripture would most assuredly be God’s marketing slogan for this fa...

18/04/2025

Reverend Horton Heat and The Toadies at the Diamond Ballroom September 14, 2022.

Photos taken and provided by Vernon Gowdy III.

Reverend Horton Heat and The Toadies at the Diamond Ballroom September 14, 2022.

14/04/2025

Today we rerun this article in honor of a wise one that previously passed on. We can still learn much from him.

Outside my window is a woodpecker tapping away at an oak tree. To most, this is of no importance. But to Larry Sellers, it has meaning [...]

Outside my window is a woodpecker tapping away at an oak tree. To most, this is of no importance. But to Larry Sellers, it has meaning. Perhaps even a message from one who has already passed on. There is the old comic quip, ‘I am not a doctor, but I play one on TV.’ If this [...]