Central California Home and Ranch Magazine - November/December 2017

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The holidays have arrived in the new edition of Oklahoma Today magazine. Get out ahead of your gift list with our shopping guide—eighteen pages of gifts for every Okie on your list, from the outdoorsperson to the burgeoning artist to the animal lover and beyond. Plus: Read about the life and tragic death of Yale native Chet Baker, one of jazz's greatest musicians; follow the Canadian and Kiamichi Rivers with intrepid storytellers Susan Dragoo and Debby Kaspari; go inside some of the state's most beautiful houses of worship in our photographic portfolio; and make your Thanksgiving table sing with award-winning recipes from this year's Oklahoma State Fair. All this and more in the November/December 2017 issue of Oklahoma Today!

The Joy Of Getting

Assembling a local-themed holiday shopping guide made us recall our favorite gifts.

2 mins

Magazine Menagerie

Oklahoma Today editors and readers agree: Animals are the best.

3 mins

Deco Den

In his Oklahoma City home, Lawrence Naff painstakingly crafts treasures that sparkle and spark the imagination.

2 mins

Tree-Mendous

The seaside alder is one of the state’s most unique leafy treasures.

1 min

Making Magic

After penning hit songs for Miranda Lambert, Dierks Bentley, and Eric Church, Luke Dick is creating his own sound.

2 mins

Applause For Claus

Michael Harris has been making Duncan children’s holidays merry and bright for two decades.

2 mins

High Lonesome Sound

CHET BAKER’S UNFORGETTABLE VOICE AND MUSICAL TALENT MADE HIM A STAR ALL OVER THE WORLD, BUT HIS PERSONAL STRUGGLES OFTEN ECLIPSED HIS TALENT. NEARLY THIRTY YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH, THE MUSIC WORLD STILL REMEMBERS THIS OKLAHOMA-BORN JAZZ LEGEND.

8 mins

Poet For The People

TO ANYONE IN any of her writing workshops, Jeanetta Calhoun Mish would say the phrase “bundle of contradictions” is a cliché, but it’s an apt description of the woman herself. Born in Hobart and raised in Wewoka, she’s a PhD who speaks with a twang; she’s got small town roots but works in the city. Reading her work is like driving from Guymon to Idabel: It’s a journey through plains, forests, and mountains both physical and spiritual. Through its depiction of overlooked people, moments, and feelings, her poetry brims with understanding and compassion. She’s as varied as the Oklahoma terrain that raised and inspired her, and that’s one of the many reasons she’s the state’s Poet Laureate for 2017 and 2018. She also is the author of several volumes of poetry and essays, owns the independent publishing company Mongrel Empire Press, and directs the Red Earth Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program at Oklahoma City University. For more information about the Red Earth MFA program, visit okcu.edu. Mongrel Empire Press, mongrelempire.org.

6 mins

November/December 2017

Scientists constantly discover new things about the human body.

3 mins

The Pipes Are Calling

A unique music program prepares students for a career in heavy metal.

1 min

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Central California Home and Ranch Magazine Description:

Central California Home and Ranch magazine, a full-service real estate guide for the Central Valley and the Sierra Foothills around Yosemite. This magazine can be found online and is distributed in 12 California counties, including the San Francisco Bay Area. Serving Ahwahnee, Auberry, Bass Lake, Clovis, Coarsegold, Fish Camp, Fresno, Madera, Mariposa, North Fork, Oakhurst, Prather, Reedley, Sanger, Selma, Shaver Lake, Tollhouse, Visalia, Wawona, Yosemite National Park, and other communities.