HeyJaredRooster Tall Tales and Adventures
My personal triumphs and tragedies, NDEs, Rooster travels, and stories about Maa who lived over 105 years.
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Emil Shoots a Well! (opens the original)
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Uncle Emil's first week at the WatchHorn Oil Field is a story related to me by brother Kelly. Emil had just started working at this oilfield northeast of Morrison, Oklahoma in 1916, when a wagon pulled by a team of mules pulled into this oil field, formerly called the Morrison Field. A wood derrick stood where they had hit solid rock. In 1916, all derricks were initially constructed with wood and basically the ground was pounded to make a hole. Metal casing would be placed in the hole, gradually
Do The Hokey Pokey (opens the original)
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That’s what it’s all about!Most evenings, getting Ma out of her chair and into the bedroom became our own little time for some fun. Our goal was to try to get one belly laugh a day. I’d ease her up, get her steady in the walker, and start the routine that always made her smile. Tonight, I thought of something different.“Alright Maa… put your left leg in, put your right leg out… put your left leg in and shake it all about…”She’d follow along, slow but sure, moving one foot, then the other, while
My Acting Debut (opens the original)
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I was in the first grade, performing on the little stage in our lunchroom. The play imagined Earth’s first diplomatic mission to the moon, and I was part of the security team — a couple of six‑year‑olds entrusted with protecting the Earth delegation if things “went south.”The moon people welcomed us politely enough, even offering a delicacy: petrified beaver tail. I don’t know who decided that was lunar cuisine, but we accepted it with first‑grade diplomacy.My job was simple. I had one line: “Su
The Casting of Lots (opens the original)
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