October 27 - November 2, 2014

I Swear

’Twas many and many a year ago when I acquired a genuine witch’s hat. That Halloween I covered my face with clown-white and donned an old choir robe. I was trying to be the funniest witch imaginable.

Natural State Snapshots

Do It Yourself

With the cooler weather setting in and the daylight becoming increasingly shorter, this is a great time to focus on projects inside of the home. Most homes include lovely mirrors that lack flair, to say the least.

Brainbuster – Make your brain tingle!

Pumpkin time is here. Almost every grocery market and garden center have them loaded and stacked and ready to sell. There are also farmer’s with parked trucks full of them, pumpkin patches, and churches and schools selling them.

SmArts

The University of Arkansas’ School of Architecture is currently sponsoring an exhibition of photographic work by Anne Whiston Spirn titled “The Eye is a Door: Landscape, Photography, and the Art of Discovery.”

A Day in the Life

Music wafting from second story balconies, shotgun styled houses crowding the street, to-go drinks discarded on every street corner.

The Critic's Corner

When “Fury” was over, I went outside, took a deep breath, and stood motionless in the quiet of the night.

Kay's Cooking Corner

This past weekend, on a sunny Saturday morning, hubby and one of my sons went with me to a pumpkin patch. I wanted to get a few pumpkins to bake with, so I dragged them along.

Are We There Yet?

I was looking for a theme for this week’s column when my daughter Alexis sent me a link to “50 of the Scariest Short Stories of All Time.” Perfect! Just in time for next Friday’s annual friendly fright night.

‘It’s the Great Pumpkin Patch, Charlie Brown!’

Roseberry Landscape Services in Benton is having their first ever zumpkin Patch and so far it has been a huge success!

UALR Series: Meet Lisa Bond-Maupin

This is the third piece in a series of profiles on the deanship positions at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

Behind the News

The battle over Issue No. 4 on Arkansas general election ballots, at least in financing the campaign messages, is between those who would like to sell alcoholic beverages and those who would like to continue selling alcoholic beverages.

Insurance Insights

It is that time of year again when Medicare beneficiaries must determine which Medicare Prescription Drug Plan best suits their needs.

CBC designates Landscape Awards

The Practical Lawyer

Since I made the decision earlier this year to practice law again, it’s about time to start thinking about volunteering for Legal Aid of Arkansas.

Under Analysis

Most of the boys of summer have laid down their gloves and surrendered the game to those few still standing as we head toward the colder days of the World Series.

View from the Cheap Seats

A “creed” can be loosely described as a single guiding principal. Do you have a creed?

QRM mortgage rule could ease credit for consumers

The mortgage financing environment for households could improve as a result of a rule federal regulators are releasing starting today.

Ginger Atkinson: Trials in and out of court

This is a reprint of an article from the Aug. 31, 2012 Daily Record.

UALR FOA hosts spirited 6 x 6 show

UALR Friends of the Arts (FOA) hosted the annual 6 x 6 fundraising event on Tuesday, Oct. 21, in the Applied Design Studio in the University Plaza, Suite 300.