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Ideas for the garden
Andrea Bruner “Hear Here” Got a band instrument your kid has given up on and don’t know what to do with it? Maybe you can turn it into a unique fountain for your garden. I saw a tuba fountain at the Arkansas Flower and Garden …
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Celebrity death = big bucks
Lacy Mitchell “Retro Active” Celebrity death intrigues me. More than two weeks after her death singer Whitney Houston is still in the news and I don’t know if I can take it anymore. Yet, like a bad wreck I can’t turn my eyes away, but …
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Live — do something different
Donetta Sterling “Say Anything” Fear of the unknown keeps many people from ever taking the first step, whether it’s skydiving or making a phone call that was long overdue. I, like most people, have spent most of my life taking whatever was handed to me. …
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‘Lin-sanity’ — inspiration to everyone
Larry Stroud “What the ???” Jeremy Lin should be an inspiration to everyone who has goals but feels overlooked, downtrodden and has little hope ever attaining those goals. If you’ve been hiding in a gopher hole over the past couple of weeks or so, you …
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Are elected officials giving back, or taking from those they serve?
We hope when candidates begin filing for office this year, we won’t hear anyone saying, “I’m doing this to give back to the community.” How refreshing it would be if those candidates were honest enough to say, “I’m doing this to get something in return.” …
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Drivers distract driver
I don’t remember where I was going the other day, but I do remember that I suddenly slowed down and swerved slightly into another traffic lane that probably should have prompted at least a horn complaint, but didn’t. If that was you behind me, I apologize. I was distracted — by the driver who exited a driveway, entered the center turn lane and then decided that my full-size Jeep Cherokee was invisible (or capable of vertical lift-off like a helicopter) and therefore pulled right into my lane and causing my distraction.
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Rabies shots important
Gary and I are getting the hang of this three-dog scenario. Last summer, he and I, along with our nephew Avery, took our two dogs plus my dad and stepmom’s to the Humane Society of Independence County for a dog wash and dog dip. That was met with mixed reviews among our four-legged friends. They are accustomed to bathing in ponds, not having their heads dunked under for them. But they didn’t bite anyone, so I considered it a success.
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Adventures of an ‘online’ mom
For more than a year my sweet mother has wanted a computer. Oh, she had one when I lived with her, then I moved out, she moved away, space got tight, money even tighter, so the story goes.
I suppose calling me every time she wanted to look things up two hours away or the limited access at her community’s library just became too much.
