Point B: No Man’s Land

Recently, I returned home to the great state of Oklahoma for a trip with my family to Kansas to watch my niece graduate from high school. Below are some thoughts that lingered after a trip to No Man’s Land.

My Parent’s Home

I loathe clichés. When it comes to writing, they can feel lazy and cheap, but damn it they get the point across. “Home Is Where the Heart Is.” Now, let me explain. I never thought I could love a place for my parents as much as I loved their home in Frederick. Yet, with them in Elk City, everything feels different and familiar at the same time. As I observe them at work and at play, I cannot picture them living anywhere else in the world. When I walk through those doors, I am home. My whole heart is between these walls.

Flix on Six

Frederick’s last movie theater closed long before I was born. As a kid, a journey to see a movie meant driving to Altus, Lawton, or Wichita Falls. In Elk City, Flix on Six stands as an opportunity for this cinephile to escape and see a movie. On this trip, I did precisely that. Flix on Six features ridiculously low movie and refreshment prices when compared to Los Angeles. For someone who has seen nearly 800 movies in a theater, I am always baffled by how cheap it all seems. With this said, every time I visit this theater, I end up watching a movie with the worst crowd imaginable…