Dropping a Line
Well, it seems we got some rain and with rain comes mud. Mud can have its advantages and disadvantages. Stripers don’t care for it...
ISawArkansas
Have you ever noticed that sometimes life is like reading a month-old weekly? It might be interesting but it’s also unconnected, like trying to...
Why would Diamond pay?
“The scorpion killed the frog crossing a river, because it is his nature.”
Exxon says high-pressure pipelines rupture, and crude oil floods land, homes, rivers,...
The Coffee Table
While driving home after a companionable breakfast with my son, I was listening to NPR’s Ozarks at Large. That’s where I first heard about an Arkansas...
The Dirt on Nicky
Garden with a mind of its own
Because of our recent cold days, I’ve had to wear gloves when I go to the garden which...
The Dirt on Nicky
Couple words about onions
This is the time of year when it is mukluks one week and T-shirts the next, but gardeners can sniff spring...
The Nature of Eureka
In the last couple of weeks, yet another analog single, isolated chemical entity that is also found in a plant, has come to the...
The Nature of Eureka: Dogwood Days of April
The dogwood days of April are upon us. Look closely. Those four white “petals” surrounding the flower head are not petals at all, but...
The Nature of Eureka
"Tastes like Wild Hickory Nuts"
Waiting for last Saturday's Volkswagen Parade – that largest, longest, and most diverse of Eureka Springs parades – scheduled for...
Free Parking
One of the oldest examples of art is a cave entrance drawing of a woman giving birth. Throughout the world, archeologists have found that...