Moroccan Adventure
This month, I will graduate with 20 Arkansans from the LeadAR program, a community and economic leadership program offered by The University of Arkansas...
Reflections of a country newspaper editor
Nearly all my life I was a country newspaper editor.
No exaggeration. Forty-nine years ago I started work as editor of the Bolivar Herald-Free Press....
Courage
Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway” – John Wayne
This movie line from True Grit is one I have had above...
Once Upon a Homecoming
This year the theme was “Once Upon a Homecoming” for our children’s Elkins High School homecoming parade. Our students are junior, freshman and 7th...
Changes ahead
Change can be easy, or it can be hard, but all things change.
Without beating around the bush, this is my final edition of Ozarks...
Making a living, making a life
I’ve never made my living farming or raising cattle, though I’ve done both.
Neither did my dad, though he spent a lifetime doing both.
Maybe I...
Making mistakes
Three out of the four of our children are very sociable. When they bring their friends out to the farm, it’s like an amusement...
Men and meat
Did you know that marketing campaigns have caused men, to eat beef because beef is what “real men” eat?
For generations, men have watched TV...
The opossum cousin
Once upon a time I was a close cousin to a possum.
Were you to come looking for me on certain days in late spring...
New best friends
This past month, the men in our family were able to attend an Outlaw Nationals sprint car race in Knoxville, Iowa. This involved packing...
