The Dirt on Nicky
I planted four kinds of beets in my garden this weekend. Somebody grew those seeds somewhere, and it wasn’t me. I also planted two...
ISawArkansas
Turmoil catapults us into harmony, whether we’re acting as an individual or a nation. Really, when we’re disillusioned or confused, isn’t improvement the next...
HavingREELFun
Plunk! Twitch, twitch. Then water explodes and the rod nearly ripples from your hands. The bass sprints toward cover, then changes direction in a...
The Dirt on Nicky
It’s daikon season! Ho ho ho…
There is an adage in China, “Eating pungent radish and drinking hot tea, let the starved doctors beg on...
ISawArkansas
Another perk of working here is we have little Leo Alvarado, a one-year-old astrological Leo, look at us as though we’re sources of high...
HavingREELFun
Another week in paradise having a blast turning people on to the beauty of nature. Whether we were out sightseeing or out catching big...
The Nature of Eureka
Syphilitic Blues
A plant I seek out this time of year to enjoy its sheer beauty is great blue lobelia which occurs in the wet...
The Dirt on Nicky
Cheaper than therapy
Gardens are cheaper than therapy, and you get tomatoes.
If I had a bell pepper, I’d ring it in the mo-or-ning...
ISawArkansas
A friend of mine had just been given the dreaded diagnosis, and we were out in the May sunshine laughing. I told her I...
Having ReelFUN
Fishing on White River, Y2Ks and Woollies have been the go-to flies. Hot pink Trout Magnets, trout cranks, and Berkley Flicker Shad have also...