Create The Life You Want
DAVID BENEDICT Like the women he writes about in The Girls in the (Old, Old) Office, David W. Benedict is an active volunteer for the Baxter County Historical and Genealogical Society, serving as vice president and program/publicity chairman for … Continued
JANET TABER Janet Ebrite Taber is a freelance writer who lives on the family’s farm in Ozark County, Missouri. A graduate of the University of Missouri, she has been a fulltime homemaker and farmer’s wife for more than 40 … Continued
NEIL CHANDLER Retiring after 30 years as a CPA, Neil Chandler moved with his family to Mountain Home in 1987. While golfing, acting, and singing hobbies continued as in his prior life, he began a new endeavor by writing … Continued
By Sandy Barksdale What? You want to buy my painting? I noticed a young couple viewing several of my paintings during the opening reception of an art exhibition. They had studied paintings throughout the gallery, but kept returning … Continued
By Marcia Taylor The women in my family have always gardened—some out of necessity (my grandmother) and some out of love (my mother). I had dabbled with gardening, usually having other priorities and not enough time to properly … Continued
Phyllis grew up hunting and fishing in Arkansas, and still loves to hunt, fish, canoe, camp, garden, cook, knit, read and play with her grandsons. She is well known for co-producing and appearing on AETN’s “Arkansas Outdoors” program for 20 … Continued
Matthew & Jaren Beavers own and operate Start 2 Start Recycling—a unique waste management company with the goal to be environmentally responsible. Matthew is also president of the local Community Tennis Association, and in his spare time enjoys making music … Continued
A native of northern Illinois farm country, Jan Badovinac is forever grateful for the path that brought her to the beauty of Arkansas and its kind and generous people. Jan is a high school librarian and lives in Harrison with … Continued
By Phyllis Speer I sit about 15 feet off the ground in a tree stand as dawn approaches. The sky is clear, the stars shine brightly and the air is crisp and cold. I hear coyotes in the distance … Continued
By Nancy Scarpa I have always dug my heels into projects and given them my time, energy and commitment. I choose carefully which projects to make a priority. In determining where to invest my time, I go through a … Continued