The Coffee Table

Color Me Human The first words a new mother hears are “It’s a boy!” or “It’s a girl!”  At that instant, something clicks in the...

ISawArkansas

What if everyone just kept quiet instead of getting into fights? Would that make our digestion uncomplicated and our sleep uninterrupted? It used to be...

The Dirt on Nicky

Lepidopterally yours According to an informal survey, there are more lepidopterists per capita in Eureka Springs than anywhere else, and every one of them knows...

HavingReelFun

Seems like I`m always talking about the White River, but that`s where it`s hot right now for fishing. Also, the air is cooler on...

The Nature of Eureka

Pokeweed Most people in the Ozarks, whether from here or elsewhere, recognize poke, also called pokeweed or pokeberry, among other names. It is a large,...

The Coffee Table

Riling Referents I don’t get out much these days, due to my wariness of running into Madam Delta Covid, yet twice in the last week,...

ISawArkansas

Thoughts on this week’s paper:     Remember in 1960s Europe when a bed & breakfast meant a bed, bathroom access and breakfast with the family...

HavingREELFun

A family that fishes together stays together and here’s living proof. Tim and Wendy Bowlin from Tecumseh, Kansas, came down to see me for...

The Dirt on Nicky

Now’s the time Uncle Wahoo said, “When it’s time to make a choice, you need to do something, because if you don’t, then that’s what...

ISawArkansas

You know, art can be risky. Kind of like thinking. When ideas bounce out of our heads, they might be fresh and profound but...