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Around the time I pass through Bee Branch, the quirky town near Greers Ferry Lake, the cattle pastures of central Arkansas give way to what was once an ancient plateau….
Around the time I pass through Bee Branch, the quirky town near Greers Ferry Lake, the cattle pastures of central Arkansas give way to what was once an ancient plateau….
a Veteran’s Day short story A man returned home to Ashley County after his service to our country. His hands, once calloused from farm work, were now marked by a…
In Arkansas and across the nation, book bans are becoming more common. The American Library Association says there were almost 700 attempts to censor library materials nationwide from January to August, and…
For many Americans, a college education is a luxury that feels worlds away. Even if there are multiple income-earners in their home. Even if they have enough cash to cover…
Arkansas is an amazing place. We stand out for many things, some good, some bad but all are pieces of the mosaic that makes us who we are. One of…
The kids are climbing into our van for school drop off amidst the Southern lie of a cool 70-degree morning in early September. “By noon they’ll be sweatin’ through their…
Deconstruction of one’s fundamentalist religion is common on social media, but that doesn’t make it trendy. Trendy implies that it’s being done because it’s popular and for the “likes.” One…
When someone asks me “Are you a Christian?”, my first answer is usually some variant of “um, kind of?”, complete with a shrug of my shoulders and a rueful grin…
I grab my earbuds, pick a playlist at random, snap the royal blue leash onto Sandy the Beagle’s collar, and head out the door. Sandy needs her evening walk just…
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