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One of my biggest pet peeves is hearing people say, “You need to think outside the box.”

On one of my recent “I’m up way too early on a Sunday” mornings, there was a marathon of “The Andy Griffith Show” on television.

Arkansas autumn is amazing. Ours is not called the natural state by mistake. Arkansas is beautiful all year. Fall color accentuates its loveliness.

J.W. runs a pretty sizable, cattle operation a couple of counties east of me and opts to calve out all of his cows during the fall season. Visiting with him recently, he told me that he had over 300 calves born in August alone, and that in the mix of calving this year, he was also calving out over 100 first-calf heifers. I can’t even begin to imagine the number of sleepless nights the cattleman had to endure.

On one of my recent “I’m up way too early on a Sunday” mornings, there was a marathon of “The Andy Griffith Show” on television.

When I was younger, I loved to travel. Seeing different parts of the country and world were always interesting and exciting, and I was always ready to go at the drop of a hat.

I recently had to do something I have hated doing most of my life – shop for jeans.

Fall has become the season of pumpkin-spiced everything.

A few days ago, I had the occasion to attend a retirement reception for an old colleague from back in my teaching days.

I recently had to do something I have hated doing most of my life – shop for jeans.