ArchivesTag : Arkansas
Three Feet From Heaven
Greers Ferry Lake in central Arkansas is just about my favorite place on earth. The simple, unspoiled beauty of creation relaxes me in ways I cannot explain and through the years it has been the setting for some of the best of our family times; this past week was no exception. We just returned from [...]
Full StoryWe Should Have Stayed at the Lake
Friday afternoon as we were preparing to leave for a weekend at the lake, one of our upstairs toilets overflowed, which left a couple of inches of standing water in our bathroom and caused a downpour in the den below. We quickly grabbed every towel in the house to soak up the water, then threw [...]
Full StoryA Corny Arkansas Christmas
I am unabashedly corny at Christmas. I like baking Christmas cookies and cutting them into shapes before decorating them with way too much red and green icing. I enjoy the old traditional Christmas carols and know almost every stanza of each one.
My favorite ornaments are the ones my daughters have made, the ones that [...]
Ya Gotta Love Arkansas
I was raised in Arkansas; it’s the only home I ever remember until I moved to Memphis for graduate school in 1981. I saw this bumper sticker on a car in a parking lot this past weekend at the lake. I wonder what they would say in Idaho?
Full StoryFourth of July Fireworks
Watching the Fourth of July fireworks at Greers Ferry Lake is a family tradition; we get out on the boat, watch the sunset and enjoy the fireworks over the lake. I always take pictures, but it’s hard because I don’t really know what I’m doing (Jim had to come back to Memphis for work) and [...]
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