Author Archives: Roger

Blanchard Springs

Posted on April 29, 2023 by Roger

My wife was attending a three-day dulcimer workshop in Mountain View, and I went along to sightsee in the area while she was busy. On Friday, I drove to Blanchard Springs (then owned and operated by the U.S. Forest Service … Continue reading →

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Bluegrass Music in Mountain View

Posted on April 27, 2023 by Roger

My wife signed up for a dulcimer festival in Mountain View, and I tagged along. The city is known for bluegrass music, and it’s not hard to find. On Saturday, I sat in on a jam session at Ozark Folk … Continue reading →

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Bird #598 – Couch’s Kingbird

Posted on April 25, 2023 by Roger

tyrannus couchii Clark County, Arkansas – Alcoa Bottoms – Hasley Road Tuesday, April 25, 2023 – 7:55 am This bird was discovered near Arkadelphia last week but not entered on eBird until yesterday. I was birding in Little Rock when … Continue reading →

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Highlights from Recent Reading

Posted on March 13, 2023 by Roger

There is a time in every man’s education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself, for better or for worse, as his portion; that through the wide universe … Continue reading →

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Wye Mountain Daffodil Festival

Posted on March 5, 2023 by Roger

During our first spring after moving to Conway, the back way home from the church we attended took us through the community of Wye. The Wye Mountain Community Church hosts an annual daffodil festival in a seven-acre field next to … Continue reading →

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