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Katie Oxford

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Houston-based writer Katie Oxford has a unique way of looking at the world, which she details in her "Tattered Jeans" column for CultureMap. Oxford was born and raised in Beaumont, where her memoir-in-progress, Broken Bowls and Wooden Spoons, is based. She has twice been a juried poet in the Houston Poetry Festival. Recently, one of her poems was honored at the Jambalaya Writers' Conference in Houma, La., and will be featured in an anthology.

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Secret Oil Spill Cleanup

Secrecy still surrounds Deepwater Horizon oil spill cleanup: Please don't look at those tar balls!

By Katie Oxford

05.19.13 | 5:01 pm

Editor's Note: In 2010, Katie Oxford filed a series of riveting columns from the heart of the Gulf oil spill disaster. She recently returned to Louisiana. This is her ...


Tattered Jeans

Louisiana Revisited: Anger and sadness on Grand Isle as BP oil spill worries continue

By Katie Oxford

05.13.13 | 9:14 am

Editor's Note: In 2010, Katie Oxford filed a series of riveting columns from the heart of the Gulf oil spill disaster. She recently returned to Louisiana. This is her ...


Tattered Jeans

Louisiana Revisited: Meeting new friends on a porch swing in Montegut

By Katie Oxford

05.05.13 | 11:26 am

Editor's Note: In 2010, Katie Oxford filed a series of riveting columns from the heart of the Gulf oil spill disaster. She recently returned to Louisiana. This is her ...


Tattered Jeans

Louisiana revisited: At Point of the Dog, blue crabs are scarce, so it's time to buy crawfish

By Katie Oxford

04.22.13 | 7:00 am

Editor's Note: In 2010, Katie Oxford filed a series of riveting columns from the heart of the Gulf oil spill disaster. She recently returned to Louisiana. This is her ...


Tattered Jeans

Deep in Cajun country, times are better but worries remain about long-term effects of BP spill

By Katie Oxford

04.14.13 | 5:36 pm

Editor's Note: In 2010, Katie Oxford filed a series of riveting columns from the heart of the Gulf oil spill disaster. She recently returned to Louisiana. This is her ...


Tattered Jeans

Return to Louisiana: The Ant Man, the Gulf Oil spill, lessons we've learned — and those we haven't

By Katie Oxford

03.31.13 | 1:15 pm

Editor's note: In 2010, Katie Oxford filed a series of riveting columns from the heart of the Gulf oil spill disaster. She recently returned to Louisiana. This is the ...


Tattered Jeans

Where old mascots go to thrive: The Houston Rockets' ex Turbo is still flipping elsewhere

By Katie Oxford

03.25.13 | 1:19 pm

Jerry Burrell, once the mascot known as Turbo for the Houston Rockets, was born to flip.  The first time I saw him, he was in air. It was halftime at ...


Art in motion

The shining: Meet Larry White, who has polished boots at RodeoHouston for 23 years

By Katie Oxford

03.16.13 | 4:00 pm

There are hats and then there are hats. But at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, boots are bigger. There are boots, boots and more boots. I saw boots walking ...


Tattered Jeans

The Card Man: Humble arts lover champions handcrafted cards over an army of texts and emails

By Katie Oxford

02.12.13 | 9:14 am

There’s no shortage of passion in Stephen Humble’s life. Flowers, music and art are life forces. “I’ve never been able to settle with just one of them ...


Tattered Jeans

A girl and her trusty steed: Blinks is in it for the long haul

By Katie Oxford

01.20.13 | 6:30 pm

This will sound way too "woo-woo," but I talk to my car. Often. She even has a name. Definitely a personality. I used to call her Blink, short for black ...


Magical Moments

The Secret Garden: Hummingbirds & butterflies make High Island Roost a magical place

By Katie Oxford

01.12.13 | 2:41 pm

Last May, I found utopia.  As journeys go – I found it on my way to someplace else. I had traveled to Smith Oaks Bird Sanctuary in High Island, Texas, during ...


Magical Moments

An unforgettable summer experience: Seeing the ocean through the eyes of a mermaid

By Katie Oxford

12.30.12 | 7:00 am

Editor's Note: We asked CultureMap staffers and contributors to recall their favorite moments of 2012. Katie Oxford remembers a beach scene that remains in her mind. Water is a ...


Tattered Jeans

In a world full of hurry, grocery sacker Steve Regnier still believes the customer is always right

By Katie Oxford

12.16.12 | 11:27 am

Talk about serving others with a smile — that’s Steve Regnier.   His last name is pronounced “like the mountain, the prince and the SUV,” Steve said. Smiling.  Born and raised ...


Tattered Jeans

Call of the wild: "Jane Goodall of the wolf world" creates safe haven at St. Francis Wolf Sanctuary

By Katie Oxford

11.25.12 | 2:49 pm

As soon as you turn off of Highway 105 onto Old Dobbin Road, sprawling suburbs dissolve into rolling hills and open pastures. The vista only gets better as you make ...


Tattered Jeans

With a messy election on the way, Hurricane Sandy blew in and cleared the political air

By Katie Oxford

11.03.12 | 1:30 pm

Mother Nature has a way of bringing things into focus. Instantly, like a camera on automatic zoom. Hurricane Sandy had just been named when I first heard mention of it ...


Tattered Jeans

Adults who wear Halloween costumes are absurd: Grow up and give the kids their holiday back

By Katie Oxford

10.30.12 | 6:24 pm

Jim Rome, sports radio talk show host, is a controversial guy. I expect this column will be too.  A few years ago, I was driving in my car, turning the ...


Tattered Jeans

A lucky break? Long road back from knee injury leads to crisis of confidence — and blessings, too

By Katie Oxford

10.14.12 | 2:05 pm

Editor's note: One of our favorite CultureMap columnists has been missing from these pages for a few months. Here she explains why. Welcome back, Katie! Your wheels (legs) are ...


Higgledy-Piggledy

Summer mystery: Why is the water hose always in a twisted pile?

By Katie Oxford

06.03.12 | 8:30 am

  One of summer's most mysterious questions: Why is the water hose always in a twisted pile, no matter what you do?      


In Photos

Like a painter crashed to earth: An impromptu tour of Montrose's unique spring wonders

By Katie Oxford

05.03.12 | 11:36 am

There’s not a spring that goes by when I don’t think of Bobb Wirfel.  Many times. Mister B was the first to point out “spring green.” On our ...


In Pictures

A new look at the San Jacinto Monument shows that the old wonder remains

By Katie Oxford

04.24.12 | 6:08 am

The San Jacinto Monument holds history and countless childhood memories. As a kid, my family and I visited there several times a year. Today, it is just as I remember ...


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