Connie Cronley

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Asking questions: Carol Rittner on 'Lessons from the Holocaust' talk happening at Temple Israel on April 24

1 month ago | tulsapeople.com | Connie Cronley

Where were the Christians in Germany during the Holocaust and genocide of World War II? Where were the Christians in Rwanda and former Yugoslavia in the 1990s during the genocide there? These countries were overwhelmingly baptized Christian nations, so why were the Christians so silent? Answering questions like these became a lifetime study for Carol Rittner, Ph.D, Roman Catholic nun with the Religious Sisters of Mercy, professor and editor.
Musings: I am out with lanterns

1 month ago | tulsapeople.com | Connie Cronley

Ilike something Emily Dickinson wrote in a letter to a friend: “I am out with lanterns looking for myself.”I’ve been out with lanterns lately, too, looking for my lost joy. Peter Pan lost his shadow and J.M. Barrie wrote an entire play about it. I misplaced my joy and nobody seems to notice. I think that’s because they’re busy with their own lantern-lit quests. When there’s something heavy in the air or a feeling of menace, it’s easy to lose joy.
The blue hours

1 month ago | tulsapeople.com | Connie Cronley

How in the world did I get to be this age without knowing about the blue hour? The blue hour has occurred every day, twice a day in fact, every year that I’ve been alive. Maybe not in inclement weather when the sky is dark, but every other day. That’s tens of thousands of blue hours I’ve missed. I don’t know how I came across the term blue hour, but it instantly intrigued me. Here was another opportunity to spend hours of internet research.
‘Heart of Tulsa’: Julie Carson’s passions come together in Mayfest

1 month ago | tulsapeople.com | Connie Cronley

This will be the second year for Mayfest’s Youth Art Gallery, one of the many facets of the festival’s reimagined Kids World by Julie Carson. As the wife of The University of Tulsa’s President Brad Carson, she shares his commitment to strengthening the college’s community involvement. In 2023 TU acquired the 101 Archer building, former home of the Arts and Humanities Council of Tulsa — “a significant footprint in Tulsa’s Arts District,” she says.
Storied success: Clifton Taulbert’s writings are praised for imparting both wisdom and inspiration

2 months ago | tulsapeople.com | Connie Cronley

Clifton Taulbert’s bestselling memoir “Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored” was published 36 years ago and became a phenomenal success that surprised both him and the publisher. The book’s success is especially remarkable since he didn’t write it with any expectation of publication. He wrote the little book (just 5-by-7 inches and 153 pages) memorializing the kind people of his hometown of Glen Allan, Mississippi, in the segregated South of the 1950s.
Tom Mix’s third wife

2 months ago | tulsapeople.com | Connie Cronley

For Valentine’s Day, here’s a love story from the Old West. Appropriately, I discovered it in a history museum. My museum guide stopped at one exhibit and said, “This is my favorite. Olive Stokes.”“Who’s that?” I asked. “Tom Mix’s third wife. She was the one the movies wanted but she said she’d go only if they took Tom, too.” And thus, silent film history was made. Photos show a pretty, young woman in a long Western skirt who has just roped a steer. She looks adventurous, lively, fearless.
How to write your own obituary

Jan 1, 2025 | tulsapeople.com | Connie Cronley

The good thing is I don’t have to make New Year’s resolutions. I can just pull out the box from last year and there they are, many in the original wrapping, never having been touched. Also the ones from the year before. I dismiss the laughable ones: Do not buy Halloween candy in September. Stop compulsively scrolling Facebook. The big ones about exercise and wine and budget are so old they would crumble if I touched them. So, I don’t. “Let sleeping resolutions lie” is my motto.
Lives well lived

Jan 1, 2025 | tulsapeople.com | G.t. Bynum |Connie Cronley

A community is only as rich as its citizens. We remember here a diverse honor roll of people who made our part of the world a better place. They include artists and athletes, businesspeople and philanthropists, educators and clergy, public servants and nonprofit administrators, journalists and veterans. Their caring dedication and hard work left enriching legacies. Aug. 26, 1933-Sept. 24, 2024Beloved pediatrician and philanthropist known for his profound capacity for empathy and great sense of humor.
Founder fanfare: December event to honor historian and author H.W. Brands

Oct 28, 2024 | tulsapeople.com | Connie Cronley

Historian H. W. Brands, recipient of the 2024 Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award presented by the Tulsa City-County Library and the Tulsa Library Trust, will be in town to talk about American history at a Dec. 5 free public presentation and a Dec. 6 black-tie gala. Brands has written more than 30 books, including two biographies that were Pulitzer Prize finalists.
Ho-Ho-Holiday cooking

Oct 28, 2024 | tulsapeople.com | Connie Cronley

Yum. Here it is, time for holiday cooking and festive foods. I was a Tulsa Tribune restaurant critic for about 15 years and maybe that’s why I don’t enjoy eating out as much as most people. Meals in a home with friends, however — that is something I cherish. Recently I learned why. Social anthropologists call it “commensality,” which roughly means “sharing the table.” This is a distinct human trait.