From the Back Porch

It once was… Information sources were standard and believable. Libraries. The card catalogue. The blessed Oxford English Dictionary, the standard for scholarly and accurate information. ...

This Week’s Independent Thinker

It’s the season that we in this country are not sure what to call so that no one’s offended. Celebrations can be touchy. Scotland banned...

Hall Closets

As a proud and committed ignorer and abhorrer of most mass media and disseminators of such (televisions, smartphones and the like), in this year...

The Reel News

Pictured is Grant from Arkansas, who caught this very nice rainbow with BMFG Robert Kennedy. Beaver Tailwaters: Winter is settling into the Ozarks, bringing cold mornings...

The Dirt on Nicky

Hohoho spelled out for gardeners Alphabet says… C is for crucifers which grow in cold weather. Give them a blanket of three kinds of leaves, visit...

From the Back Porch

Two or three times a week I drive through town to see. See what? The town. Today was different. Early this morning I saw...

The Coffee Table

You’ve got this! When my husband died, I was overwhelmed—as any widowed spouse would be. Lost in a fog, I couldn’t fully comprehend what was...

This Week’s Independent Thinker

This country is a land of opportunity where oppression of women and non-European Americans is against the law. So, we’re changing how to apply...

American Insights

Words Worth Remembering: The Great Moral Victory    The day that many dreamed of—the day that yet many others hoped never to see—had at...

Hall Closets

With Arkansas Razorback football season finally and mercifully coming to a close (after yet another beatdown by the Mizzou Tigers and an awful 2-10...