The Nature of Eureka

Comparing and contrasting the nature of a place A couple of weeks ago I went to Maine to teach a medicinal plant workshop way Downeast...

Dropping a Line

Well, the water temp has finally gotten up to 80° which is a sign that it’s warm enough to swim and stripers are into...

The Pursuit of Happiness

If you live long enough you’ll find there is rarely any new news. You’ve certainly read 50 stories about people getting hit by lighting,...

Dropping a Line

Them girls from the South can catch ‘em and cook ‘em up Louisiana style. Kay Rabalais from Hessmer, Louisiana, traded their week of timeshare for...

The Pursuit of Happiness

Last week I went back home to western Minnesota, drove through a lot of small towns hovering on the South Dakota border, felt high...

The Nature of Eureka: Nature for Kids

Nature was always a part of my childhood growing up in Maine, where meadows of milkweed were home to thousands of monarch butterflies. A...

Dropping A Line

Fourteen year-old Isaiah Seams from Cypress, Texas, had a good fight with this 30-inch striper he caught this week from Beaver Lake on a...

The Pursuit of Happiness

Donald Trump may be among all things a blessing. Scales have been removed from our eyes; institutions are naked in the public square, and...

ArtAttack

In last week’s Art Attack column I questioned the timing of the restoration of the WWI memorial during the May Festival of the Arts,...

Exploring the Fine Art of Romance

My wife and I enjoy traveling and love our visits to Eureka Springs. When we travel our relationship feels completely different. Is it my...