ISawArkansas
Going downhill is an uphill job. If it’s due to finances, yes, it’s hard to live within a predictable budget that’s eroded by rising...
HavingREELFun
Well, well did you see that moon? It was so big and beautiful. And guess who else likes the moon? Fishies, fishies, fishies, all...
Tagetes, Tagetes, where you been so long?
One of my first memories of the blues is listening to Dysfunctional Peach McElroy wail away on “Tagetes Blues” in which he lamented, “Ain’t...
The Coffee Table
Don’t Ask!
In our culture, we are trained that it is impolite to ask adults how much money they make or how old they are. I...
ISawArkansas
Seems like we had a recent huddle about miscommunication in texting and guess what? Failure-to-communicate happens in regular old phone conversations! Who knew?
Not hearing...
HavingREELFun
The heroes of the week are Fred Perry and Carl Caso. They teamed up to get this monster trout-eating machine out of our White...
The Nature of Eureka
On Henbits and Deadnettles
There’s two weeds that you all see and probably don’t give a second thought to. You find them in lawns, along...
The Dirt on Nicky
Mullein vs. demons and catarrh
My first awareness of mullein (Verbascum thapsus) occurred in southeastern Washington. I lived in the bunkhouse of a Jolly Green...
The Coffee Table
The Smiling Impairment
If anybody should be opposed to wearing a mask, it’s me. I am moderately hearing impaired—enough to wear hearing aids. Except masks make my little...
ISawArkansas
Loggers cut down old-growth trees insisting, “We hugged it first,” and tell us if they didn’t cut the trees, we’d be using plastic toilet...