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The CoffeeTable
Capitol ideas
I first visited the US Capitol in August 1968. My late Aunt Marjorie, divorced and childless, paid for one niece or nephew to visit Washington every summer, and it was my turn. I...
ISawArkansas
Love of country is a concept we’re taught. It’s a value some insist on, yet that outlook is split about 50-50 in the United States.
One reason that nearly half of U.S. citizens are not...
HavingREELFun
Hello there, hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. These days have been brisk, to say the least, but it has not stopped the fish from biting.
Stripers win this week. I have seen some pictures...
The Dirt on Nicky
Hello hügelcultur
Here’s what happened. I had begun reclaiming two beds overrun by spearmint by gouging out eight or more inches of soil and rocks with the intent of creating two rectangular voids to be...
TheCoffeeTable
Predictions and other guesses
It’s stupid to think opening a new calendar will magically create change in our world. Likewise, no one should expect that inaugurating a new president will transform our political climate into...
ISawArkansas
Newspapers got smacked right in the kisser during 2020. Due to submicroscopic infectors that took up residence in human cells all over the world, many people faced an unanticipated lull in making a living....
The Nature of Eureka
From Holly to Hollywood
One of my favorite Arkansas native plants, yaupon holly, which occurs in all counties in southwest Arkansas, evolved in the Ouachita Mountains then spread south and east from there along the...
Having REEL Fun
Happy New Year to all, hope you were able to get out with your family and enjoy some of what Mother Nature has to offer.
Striper fishing on Beaver Lake has been steady. Guides have...
The Dirt on Nicky
Lessons learned during a stressful year
Although it was just another day, the first day of a new year generates a buzz about the year that was and what surprises are waiting up ahead. It’s...
ISawArkansas
A really neat thing about humans is how we’re all so different but manage to live on this big ball levitating through space like it’s going to make three points.
Some people worship money, some...
