We were supposed to visit Hot Springs National Park back in February 2015, but a cold snap and ice storm kept us away [see Cold And A Virus In The Mid-South post] and we routed ourselves away from Arkansas at that time. But we didn’t miss it this time! One word sums up this park: …
In his 1992 Democratic National Convention speech, William Jefferson Clinton ended where it all began for him — in a place called Hope. Arkansas, that is. He was born William Jefferson Blythe, III, in 1946. His father died before he was born, forcing his mother to go back to school to support them. While she was in nursing school in …
After nearly two months of holidays, family visits, Fred’s Toura Obscura and Laura’s trip to Europe, we are now back in the saddle of visiting national park units once again. We have tallied up three more park units in the new year, all of them in Arkansas, and really enjoyed all that we saw, did, …
Caroline L. was daughter Claire’s college roommate; she is now living in and working in Little Rock. How great it was to see her! She chose a fabulous restaurant, Flying Fish, where we enjoyed an awesome lunch and a terrific catch-up with her. Following our lunch we walked around the riverfront area a little bit before …
Sunday, February 15th — I am very happy to be back online after several days with a virus in my website, and very grateful to our future son-in-law for helping me take care of the issue! I’m not sure what joy people get from messing with other people’s property, physical and/or intellectual, but I’m happy that the intrusion …
