Create The Life You Want
By Kelly Householder-Giuliano Some people know what they want to be when they grow up by the time they reach high school, and some of those people actually manage to create that life. I’ve always admired those people for … Continued
By Judy Loving | Photo courtesy of Judy Loving The only way to explore new waters and new winds, and arrive at new shores is to untie your lines and cast off. For most of us, the aging process and … Continued
By Deb Peterson The comforting aroma of bread baking takes me back to childhood days at the kitchen table, kneading my own small mound of dough as I watched my mother knead hers, flour on our aprons, bowls of … Continued
By Debby Stanuch Every year, as the days grow longer and the first tender green shoots of daffodils pop from the ground, I emerge from my winter hibernation filled with enthusiasm, good intentions, and the hope of spring. I … Continued
By Lucinda Reynolds With the plethora of plant choices available, deciding on the right plants certainly can be mind boggling. As have most gardeners, I have wasted money on plants that were dismal failures. However, at the top of … Continued
By Nicole Vaccarella Growing up, I was blessed with a host of strong women on my mother’s side of the family. I had three grandmothers, two great-grandmothers, two great aunts, as well as my mom and her sister. They … Continued
By Deb Peterson When a tornado ripped through Gassville in 2008, Clara and Bill Cobb lost more than 100 trees in Weaver Hollow—the land Clara had grown up on, inherited from her parents, Gurnzey and Bertie Weaver, and on … Continued
By Matthew and Jaren Beavers Four years ago, Matthew and Jaren Beavers of Mountain Home challenged themselves to compare their trash with their recyclables for 24 hours. Today, they own a recycling business and their trash consists of two … Continued
By Deb Peterson Melinda Caldwell’s mother, Marjorie Caldwell, brought up her daughter to care for the Earth, partly by picking up trash. She modeled the lesson even when Alzheimer’s disease had taken her speech and made it difficult to … Continued
By Jan Badovinac | Photos courtesy of Jan Badovinac and Tim Ernst One cannot live in the northwest quadrant of Arkansas and not hike one of its most photographed locations: Hawksbill Crag. One also cannot live in the northwest … Continued