Yesterday, I got a small reminder that winter is still with us. As my sister-in-law Linda and I left the house, she looked up and said, “It’s snowing.” And, it was. The tiny flakes were hard to see but there they were. Dad would have said it was spittin’ snow. Anyway, it was a cold […]
Jan 5, 2014
Polar What?
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It isn’t often that we in Northwest Arkansas get a visitor from the North Pole, well, except. of course,for Santa Claus. So far as I know, it is arriving uninvited and it is not a quiet type but makes itself known in a big way. The meteorologists are calling it a Polar Vortex. It is […]
Oct 5, 2013
It Was Just That Kind of Afternoon…
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The fall morning began in an ordinary way. The old yellow coffee pot gurgled in the kitchen. My mother, Flora Tucker, whistled Amazing Grace as she stirred up pancake batter and I, Darcy Campbell, had no thoughts more mysterious than sitting down at the computer as soon as I could and continuing to work on […]
Apr 20, 2013
Which Winter Is This?
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Blackberry winter? Whippoorwill winter? What is this? April is nearly gone but the temperatures are stuck somewhere back in March. The trees and azaleas are putting on a brave face, trying to ignore the cold and the green grass is in need of a lawn mower. Birds are building nests and doing their bit to […]
