The Dirt on Nicky
Guide to transplanting
Spring sprouting is up to full speed in my greenhouse and garden which means, ready or not, it is transplant season. By...
The Nature of Eureka
Lady’s Slippers
It was just over 40 years ago, June 1980, my first year in the Ozarks. I was beginning to make friends with Arkansas...
ISawArkansas
Peace, love, joy and happiness isn’t for everybody. People seem to want to eat, mate and avoid getting killed, and if we can manage...
The Coffee Table
The Perplexity of “Null & Void”
My late husband Kirk and I spent a dozen years working in Native American schools in New Mexico. We lived in...
The Coffee Table
Back to the Back of the Bus
A couple of years ago, a delightful young man, “Bruce,” and his equally delightful father attended a small...
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...