We didn't have plans for lunch until we drove by the Cotham Mercantile, "Where the elite meet to eat". The sagging porch roof, faded hardware hanging from a pegboard wall, and farming equipment leaned against the register were like a full set of gold stars to a traveler in search of a novel experience.
East Arkansas is drenched. Flood waters have transformed roads into docks and campgrounds into harbors. Mobile homes on blocks barely float above the water level. Rice farmers block the highway pull off with orange cones to park their truck at the lake bank that was once their front yard. A boat is docked at their front porch—their only means to reach the road.
Clarksdale, Mississippi is home to many blues landmarks, but most notoriously, a site of a Satanic Pact.
When we discover three orphaned cottontail rabbits, we raise a little hell when we take them in and nurture them into self reliance.
Harpeth River State Park is composed of an archipelago of public islands in a sea of private land. Hiking to the top of the Harpeth River Narrows reveals miles of farm land as far as the eye can see. We had just gotten a new care package, courtesy of Duluth Trading Company, and decided this would be the time to take it for a spin.
I am looking for someone, something to blame.⠀ I am devastated,⠀ I am hurt,⠀ And I want to lash out.⠀ I woke up this morning to a cry: “the chicks are hatching!” Even in my semi-conscious state, that sounded wrong.…
Some may accuse the robin of poor planning when she began building her nest right next to my window. Sure, several times a half completed nest fell to the ground. Certainly, she would have to start from scratch with each…
While on the road, we haven't taken time to cut our hair...until it is long enough to donate to create wigs
I’m not saying who, but someone wasn’t taking care of their hair. I’m not pointing fingers, but they thought that long hair would be easier than having to go to a hair salon twice a month to have it cut.…
Some recipes seem to go so wrong but they turn out so right. Here is a tale of frustrated ambitions that resulted in a superior breakfast bread. I call it: "Camper's Berry French Toast Loaf." You can call it "delicious."