Orr Automotive opened their first lot in 1927. Now they have more than 30 locations in Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, and...
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Connected to a web
We recently moved to rural Yell County, a place I’ve dreamed of living since I was a child. We started a fall garden,...
Webs of significance
I first noticed the spider webs while walking around the base of Spring Mountain one Saturday afternoon in late June....
Get to know your native neighbors
When my sons were around four years old they started to learn how to distinguish the differences in plants. They would...
My Hometown – Dardanelle
I grew up in Dardanelle through the 1970s and 80s. My parents came of age in the same small town in the 1950s and 60s....
Learning Goes Both Ways
As soon as children begin verbal communication they learn to divide the world into categories. Things with wheels are...
The Beauty of Mustard Greens
It’s mustard green season, and these cool weather vegetables are popping up in gardens all around the region....
Story Plants
We started our McElroy House pollinator garden during a workday back in the fall of last year. We put down cardboard...
So many books, so little time
I have always been someone who has at least two books going at once. Before I had children, I’d often balance a novel...
Stuck
One of my daughter’s first words was “stuck.” She used it to mean “this thing won’t work” or “this block is too big...
Tougher and a Tiny Bit Braver
My father recently gave me an envelope full of my mother’s old photos. Inside I discovered an image of a...
Mattie Ross
The True Grit heroine is a preteen archetype of our Ozark/Ouachita grandmothers and a reflection of our cultural...
