Category Archives: Commentary

Ah, November. Blessed are those days when the election is over, the weekend is here, and there’s a new trail to be discovered in my own personal Ozark backyard.  I’ve been looking forward to finding a new lake to explore, and a facebook post from a friend this morning tipped me to Lake Sequoyah. TheContinueContinue reading “Adventures at Lake Sequoyah: A relaxing hike that wasn’t”

There are only two more days until the presidential election of 2012 will be history.  I categorically (and probably naively) refuse to believe we will caught up in another legal challenge that will drag things out for a few more months.  We’re done on Tuesday.  Stick a fork in us, and give us a dayContinueContinue reading “The post-election utopia”

Well, hello to my few dozen readers!  I’ve missed you.  Seriously, it feels like weeks since I last blogged.  But it’s been only 8 days.   Zoinks! A friend just blogged about how this is the time of year when she gets most creative and prolific.  If these words are turning green, it’s because IContinueContinue reading “What is this blogging thing you speak of?”

Sometimes the universe just aligns.The winner of my blog boot giveaway is the fabulous Beth Bobbitt, whom I still call Beth Goodwin when I forget that she just got married.Stephen Ironside/Ironside PhotographyThis will probably embarrass Beth, but I’ve decided to use this entry to love on her a little bit.  She is, hands down, oneContinueContinue reading “The boot giveaway winner is…”

I’m traveling this week.  I pre-scheduled some of my posts for the Arkansas Women Bloggers blogging challenge, but couldn’t for the life of me figure out what to write about on Foodie Friday, since I’m most decidedly not a foodie.   And I confess that, with all the arts administration talk and email checking and spendingContinueContinue reading “BLOGtober Fest Day 5: Foodie Friday”