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Open Thread: I, Too, Was Fooled—Fooled!—By The False Spring 

Every Friday, we turn The Pickup over to the readers.

Photo by Greg Hume

Readers, spring is upon us. 

Wait—no, it isn’t. 

Wait; yes it is! 

Actually, I’m getting word that spring has been cancelled. 

Oops—right as I said that, the redbuds started blooming! 

These are but samplings of the thoughts which race through my mind each morning as I attempt to navigate the tug-of-war between warm and cold that’s happening out my window. I just want to know if I should put on a dang jacket! 

There’s a quote that’s attributed to Will Rogers: “If you don’t like the weather in Oklahoma, wait a minute, it’ll change.” Well, William, if you actually said that, the last week has proved you pretty well correct. Was it this bad in Will's day? I lack the meteorological savvy to look it up.

Anyway. Everybody doing okay? Some friends of mine had to evacuate Stillwater, which lost around 200 homes from the wind-spread wildfires. Lots of wind damage in Tulsa, too. Scary stuff. Let's talk about the weather, if you will.

As always, feel free to disregard this prompt and talk about anything you want. It’s your website today, after all. 

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