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Almost everyone has a sweet tooth, and I am no exception. This past week has consisted of my mother preparing for the extreme holiday cooking she is going to be doing for Thanksgiving, and I am happy...
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Aries: Life can't be defined by the bright shining moments. The times when you stub your toe in the dark and hop around on one foot until you find the spilled Legos, that's when you learn something....
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Foxfire is the bluish, green glow that emits from fungus present in decaying wood. Sealed for Resurrection My great-grandfather donated the land for the one room schoolhouse and each fall took a mule...
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Dialogue is an important element in Memoir, Fiction, and some Creative Nonfiction. I promised a few weeks ago that I would discuss it. What was I thinking? There are so many elements of writing...
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One-of-a-kind band comes to Eureka Eureka Springs is in for a one-of-a-kind musical experience this weekend as Fayetteville-based, internationally acclaimed group Randall Shreve & the Sideshow...
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Regret --- "How far is Oklahoma City?" Ivey asks. At the combination pharmacy/ice cream parlor downtown, Ivey looks small sitting in the massive red booth seemingly swallowing her, dressed in her...
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Gem of a musician releases album --- The highlight of live music in Eureka Springs will definitely be JP Harris at Chelsea's Saturday night. But with Fayetteville being only an hour away, I would be...
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A recent lunch at one of our best local dining establishments -- okay, it was Local Flavor, whose reputation surely proceeds it! If not, go eat there now! -- brought forth a burst of recollections of...
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If you like female vocalists who can wail and nail their notes, and send chills down your spine while making your booty shake with the beat, then you don't want to miss Moonshine Mafia at Squid and...
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Weekend full of great bands This weekend brings the most great live music that we've had packed into one weekend in months, with stellar bands playing at several venues both nights. Following are my...
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An old favorite & a new local act Have you heard Mountain Sprout yet? If you haven't, you probably have never seen anyone play bluegrass this rowdy or this fast. Hillbilly-bluegrass band Mountain...
View ArticleCommunity Writing Program launches second year of workshops Sessions open to...
The Community Writing Program of the Writers' Colony at Dairy Hollow begins its second year of monthly writing workshops on Saturday, Jan. 19. These all-day workshops will be offered on Saturdays at...
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If you're staying in Eureka Springs this weekend, I recommend checking out jazz-rock band SPiNRaD Friday night at Voulez-Vous Lounge or West Coast blues guitarist Laurie Morvan and her band Saturday...
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When most people think of New Year's Eve in New York, they think of the ball dropping. My family always manages to be an exception. We had been in crowded places all week, and crowds of up to one...
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Aries: When it comes to your temper, you normally get a lot of bang for your buck. Friday's tantrum will fizzle, because you have to listen before you can react. At least you won't blow your own hand...
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My Polish friend Ruta referred to her jeep as "a playhouse for ze animals." It was an open jeep that she kept parked out by the barn. Chickens roosted in it; goats climbed on it. She was right...
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Surviving as an Anachronism --- Anachronism -- chronological inconsistency, juxtaposition of objects or customs from different time periods. A relic, archaism, leftover, holdover. I was born too...
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Once a year, in downtown Tulsa A nut case walks the streets-- Gesturing, shouting, Blessing the buildings. He comes like clockwork. I swear to god. I was in the stationer's And saw it firsthand. I'd...
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This Friday night, Chelsea's Corner Cafe & Bar hosts Arkansas' most talented female singer-songwriter, in my opinion, and her full band. Fayetteville-based Sarah Hughes' voice is a bit twangy, so...
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"Crazy Cat Lady" is such an unfortunate term -- it really only means that a woman loves and takes in needy cats. Maybe that's not really so crazy, compared to a lot of other behaviors we see. In any...
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