In early 2012, I was fortunate through some of life’s unusual circumstances to meet Ed Cooley, a nationally-renowned photographer living in Rogers, Arkansas. His stunning, more vivid than life photography is displayed at his own White River Gallery in historic downtown Rogers and is also currently exhibited at Tavola Trattoria in Bentonville. Ed and I … Continue reading »
Explore other meanderings, scenic byways and roads less traveled over at Travelin’ Magpie. Follow this trip via Mapquest or see highlights, photos & check-ins on Foursquare. Part Two: Traveling Northbound from Lockesburg to Huntington In a previous post (a *while* back. cough.) I wrote a bit about my enduring affection for Highway 71 in Arkansas. … Continue reading »
I was stunned when our oldest daughter, at about the age of five, casually mentioned Hannah Montana. At that time, she was neither spending time at other kids’ houses nor watching TV without me knowing. How did she even come across the character? I didn’t necessarily have anything against Hannah Montana, although I knew with … Continue reading »
The lithe girl was handed a torch by her father, which seemed poignant and appropriate. It was formerly a substantial silver maple branch downed by a storm, resurrected for noble duty. Stuffed with coco liner remnants from an aging flower basket and wrapped in twine, it was doused in fuel and lit. She reached for … Continue reading »
Explore other meanderings, scenic byways and roads less traveled over at Travelin’ Magpie. Follow this trip via Mapquest or see highlights, photos & check-ins for this trip via Foursquare. Part One: Traveling Northbound from Texarkana to Lockesburg We moved around the world when I was growing up due to my Dad’s job with Alcoa, the aluminum … Continue reading »
>There is a special time of year that is intensely Arkansas, for lack of better words… and we are in the midst of it. The weeks that surround the peak of fall foliage just have a special feeling about them. The sunlight is dappled, there is a smattering of color on the trees and the … Continue reading »
>For some reason, this was saved as a draft post earlier this year. Thought I’d go ahead and let it fly… I recently read this post: What Kind of Life Do I Want to Live? from David at Simple.Organized.Life (it’s a great blog) and felt compelled to pen a retort of sorts. Of course, in … Continue reading »
>I’ve been threatening for ages to launch an Arkansas Products list, because a) I love buying and giving local and b) there is simply no good existing list for those who want to support our home state. I offer this with one major disclaimer: it will obviously be impossible to list every fabulous Arkansas product. … Continue reading »
>I’ve started to look toward corraling my various musings and essays into one place (i.e. this blog), and ran across this one from 2009 that I thought might be worth sharing… Disregard the Dirt Under my Nails Adventures of a novice gardener Gardening is not a spectator sport – you can’t help but to be … Continue reading »
