Episode 4: Oklahoma's Happy Hollow Gift Shop

by Tanner Latham

​Barbara Nottingham has owned the Happy Hollow Gift Shop for almost 40 years.

Barbara Nottingham has been running the Happy Hollow Gift Shop in Medicine Park, Oklahoma, for almost 40 years. Its live rattlesnakes and an abundance of tchotchkes draw most of the visitors who have come to the area to tour the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. Barbara believes her divine purpose is to be a people person.

This episode features "Dancing Song," a track off Duquette Johnston's upcoming album Rabbit Runs a Destiny.  

Shake and Rattle

Wood-carved buffalo in honor of the bison herds at Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge. ​

Keep in a cool place to prevent hatching...

Episode 3: Mayor Ooker Eskridge of Tangier Island, VA

by Tanner Latham

James "Ooker" Eskridge grew up on Tangier Island, is a waterman by trade, and has been the mayor for the last 7 years.

This episode features James “Ooker” Eskridge, a waterman who has lived on Tangier Island, Virginia, his whole life. Ooker talks about being the Chesapeake Bay island’s mayor (population 450), the dwindling interest in working in the seafood industry, and the island’s distinct Cornwall, England-tinged accent.

 

Crab shanties. ​

Soft shell crab. ​