HavingREELFun
This has been a month of celebrating birthdays. Started off first was Don McCorvey his wife, Sally, who got him a sightseeing tour for his...
The Dirt on Nicky
Chickweed in the news!
“Hi. I’m that chickweed plant growing behind your cilantro. Call me Charles,” Charles said. “Many of my Stellaria relatives are already...
ISawArkansas
We know that worry is an undernourished enthusiasm and even that worries us to pieces. Who hasn’t worried in the last year? We’ve had...
The Coffee Table
Many folks know my late husband was a musician, but they might not realize he was afflicted with Musical Tourette’s. It’s highly contagious. I caught it. I...
HavingREELFun
Fishing is intense. Below the Beaver Lake Dam is full of multipliable fish.
Water temps are higher because they are letting water out of the...
The Dirt on Nicky
Guide to transplanting
Spring sprouting is up to full speed in my greenhouse and garden which means, ready or not, it is transplant season. By...
The Nature of Eureka
Lady’s Slippers
It was just over 40 years ago, June 1980, my first year in the Ozarks. I was beginning to make friends with Arkansas...
ISawArkansas
Peace, love, joy and happiness isn’t for everybody. People seem to want to eat, mate and avoid getting killed, and if we can manage...
The Coffee Table
The Perplexity of “Null & Void”
My late husband Kirk and I spent a dozen years working in Native American schools in New Mexico. We lived in...
The Coffee Table
Back to the Back of the Bus
A couple of years ago, a delightful young man, “Bruce,” and his equally delightful father attended a small...