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30 years ago: A new engagement

January 21, 1989: Eagle watching, a Pizza Hut lunch, an unintentionally taunting headline, an Oklahoma sunset, a hymn, a ring, a question, and a "yes." Here's what I wrote about it ten years ago. Happy anniversary, darling....

Posted by Michael Bates on January 21, 2019 10:43 PM

25 years ago today: A new engagement

January 21, 1989: Eagle watching, a Pizza Hut lunch, an unintentionally taunting headline, an Oklahoma sunset, a hymn, a ring, a question, and a "yes." Here's what I wrote about it five years ago. Happy anniversary, darling....

Posted by Michael Bates on January 21, 2014 12:19 PM

A new engagement

I spent several evenings poring over maps and sunset tables. Tulsa doesn't have an ocean nearby, but I thought there had to be some place where you could see the sun set over the water. Somehow, in the days before the World Wide Web, I was able to figure out...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 21, 2009 10:40 PM