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My pantry needed time with my closest friends
Columns Comments Updated: Mar 26, 2013 12:21pmWe do not go through life alone. We are born with a few friends who guide and support us through this journey. My friend Conscience has been with me since childhood. She has a tendency to be a...
The dark, hideous truth about Mediterranean diets
Columns Comments Updated: Mar 19, 2013 6:31pmYou must have heard by now that one of the healthiest diets today is the Mediterranean diet. I’ve been writing about this diet for years. It’s the one my mom has been feeding us since the moment...
Observations from a hospital bed
Columns Comments Updated: Mar 19, 2013 6:29pmThese words were written Sunday from a hospital bed at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff, the medical facility selected Friday by my wife after she decided my bronchitis had morphed...
Selling a newspaper; ocean cruises
Columns Comments Updated: Mar 19, 2013 4:45pm“Some of you are probably wondering how we’re doing down here at the newspaper, as we have gone from a relaxed family-type operation to being part of a globally powerful corporate entity, all in...
In the March 1970 words of Edna Edison
Columns Comments Updated: Mar 19, 2013 4:46pmDue to Micki Bare’s performances in the RSVP Community Theatre’s production of Neil Simon’s The Prisoner of Second Avenue, today’s column was written by her 1970 character, Mrs. Edna Edison. The...
Matching up mentally ill with gun permits
Columns Comments Updated: Feb 20, 2013 9:02pmSeverely mentally ill people in many states have easy access to firearms and are rarely reported to a background check registry meant to prevent dangerous people from buying guns.
Arkansas...
Pets combine forces to teach old dog new tricks
Columns Comments Updated: Feb 20, 2013 9:00pmOur sweet, elderly Annie, a rescue with extremely poor vision and hearing, was not quite housebroken. This wasn’t a huge problem, because she loves the outdoors. If she had her druthers, she’d...
Postal service to end Saturday delivery
Columns Comments Updated: Feb 14, 2013 10:19pmOver the years I have received checks, bills, job offers and even boxes of baby chicks by mail. Now the U.S. Postal Service, authorized on July 26, 1775, by the Second Continental Congress, has...
Forget the roses and celebrate Valentine’s Day every month
Columns Comments Updated: Feb 14, 2013 10:17pmCan someone please explain to me what giving roses, chocolate and diamonds has to do with building true, everlasting, unconditional love?
Every year we pull out this recipe and every year...
