Explore the World from Home

Explore the World from Home

By Sydni Ellis Every great world traveler encounters problems along the way. Lewis and Clark, Amelia Earhart, millennial travel bloggers, your boss, your next-door neighbor and pretty much everyone else who’s ever set out on an adventure, ever, has a story to tell. But the …

Collaborative Community

Collaborative Community

Food pantries, churches, leaders work to solve food crisis  By Sonia Duggan There’s no denying the phrase “don’t go it alone” applies to everyone in a service role as the world deals with the coronavirus pandemic.  Across the country, state, and in cities, we are …

Stay home. Stay fit.

Stay home. Stay fit.

Life changed overnight for millions of people across the globe in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, which shuttered businesses and forced many people to follow stay-at-home measures issued by their local governments. These measures not only affected the overall health of those infected with …

Lush Peonies add Beauty  & Fragrance to  Early Summer Gardens 

Lush Peonies add Beauty & Fragrance to Early Summer Gardens 

By Melinda Myers Set aside a sunny spot in your garden or landscape for a few easy-care, herbaceous peonies. These traditional favorites are treasured for their bountiful early summer flowers, vigorous, shrub-like habit and amazing longevity. Peonies blend nicely with other perennials and are a …

Ahead of the Curve

Ahead of the Curve

Creative content designed the ABC way By Sonia Duggan For the past decade, Barton Damer has been the creative visionary at the helm of Already Been Chewed, a design, motion graphics and 3D animation studio. Damer and his team of artists have helped build businesses, …

Ca$h… and carry  him home

Ca$h… and carry him home

Hi! I am Ca$h and I am so money, baby!I am an 8-month-old lab mix puppy with the reputation of being a cool, darling boy that loves to sit close and be petted. I’ll tell you what else I like… I like to play ball …

Melon Salad with Watercress & Oroblanco

Melon Salad with Watercress & Oroblanco

Vinaigrette | Serves 4 1 ripe canary or honeydew melon (about 2 pounds; see note) 2 Oroblanco or other seedless white grapefruits 1⁄2 cup fresh mint leaves, cut into chiffonade 1⁄2 cup finely diced Kite Hill truffle, dill, and chive soft fresh almond milk cheese …

nonPareil Institute

nonPareil Institute

Building better futures for adults with autism  By April Towery Many Americans have a limited knowledge of autism as it is portrayed on television and film. We saw “Rain Man” when it was released in 1988. We like the character on “The Good Doctor” and …

Relax in Hot Springs

Relax in Hot Springs

By Sydni Ellis Serenity is not just a word in Hot Springs, Arkansas. It’s something you feel with your entire being—from the basement of a bathhouse to the top of Mountain Tower. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, serenity is “the state of being calm, …

Lifesaving connection

Lifesaving connection

By Sonia Duggan Connections. They can be logical, sequential or relational, or in the case of Gynovel Henry and Nate Hawkins, they can be life altering.  March 26, 2018 is a date many will remember. It was the day that Gynovel, Nate and 23-year-old Killian …