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The Pursuit of Happiness
There’s an old boy who lives in the woods behind the Walmart in Berryville. He’s got a big red dog; Frankie likes it when we bump into them when we go for our walks....
Dropping a Line
Mark Rusterholtz from Fayetteville invited George Strickland from Elkins for a striper trip last week that started with a bit of rain and wind. I love what I call soft water, so we just...
Hognobbing
FAYETTEVILLE – Since taking over Arkansas’ men’s basketball program in April, Eric Musselman has proven he’s not afraid to swing for the fences. Musselman made a run at some of college basketball’s biggest names...
The Pursuit of Happiness
When the Arkansas Democrat Gazette sails into the yard in the morning, I know it’s just bad news on the doorstep. In trepidation, I read the letters to the editor on the opinion page,...
Hognobbing
FAYETTEVILLE – Arkansas gained its seventh commitment over the weekend when Marshall (Texas) wide receiver Savion Williams jumped on board with a verbal pledge.
Williams, 6-4, 195, went public with his decision via Twitter last...
Dropping a Line
Not your fish until it’s in the boat. This one made it in along with three more stripers and a nice smallmouth last Friday on a outing with Mark Rysterholz from Fayetteville, Ark. ...
The Pursuit of Happiness
I went to the eye doctor last week. He came into the room wearing a musty T-shirt and tired blue jeans. “Dan, let’s pray together before your exam,” he said. “You bet,” I said,...
Dropping a Line
Norman Bunch from Lola, Kansas, with a couple of nice Beaver Lake stripers we hooked into in the mid-lake region near the Hwy. 12 bridge. The mud’s moving them up out of the main...
The Pursuit of Happiness
The United States is alone among constitutional democracies in granting the pursuit of happiness as an inalienable right. Our founding fathers were men of the Age of Enlightenment and serious students – particularly Franklin,...
The Nature of Eureka
Wanted dead not alive: garlic mustard
Aliens are invading, and they are not welcome. On a hike Monday afternoon with Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission botanist, Theo Witsell and more than a dozen other people, we...
