Article  We're Still Country Here in Oklahoma We’re Still Country Here in Oklahoma     Although this house is a far cry from the cold prairie home during winter blitzes, still there is a strange feeling about the place.  Something about the strength of winter makes us want to shudder a bit even though we aren’t really cold. A sweater, another layer of clothing and all is well isn’t it?     The children feel the strength of the storm and seem to move a bit slower like someone looking over their shoulder just to check if anyone is there who shouldn’t be.     “Guess what Gramma?”  One of my grandchildren asks that loaded question.     “I can’t imagine.”  My responses to this question always has to vary in order to create a new and different reply.     “We had a baby calf  at the school, all day.” His matter of fact statement caught my attention.     “A baby calf?  Someone doing show and tell?”  Now after my interest was caught he was satisfied to go on with his story.     “No, the teacher’s cow had the calf in the pond and it was partially frozen.  She had to break ice to get it out.”     Now my vision of this literary person out in the middle of icy waters brought a new respect for the people of our area.      "And I thought all the old pioneer spirit  was dead.  Shame on me!"     “Did the calf make it?”  Now I was  really interested.     “Oh yes!”  It was his turn to have an attitude of one with new wisdom  he had and that I did not know.       “All right!”  I praised his telling of the story and was really thankful to see a part of the real world touching into his classroom.  Added By DonnaFlood Email rlfflood@cableone.net Category Stories Author Donna Flood Add To Favorites Print This Article Email Article To A Friend Post Comments   Rate This Article (1) 1 - Poor2345 - Good678910 - Excellent Added On Wed Jan 28th,2009     Relevant Images  No images have been Uploaded