What Do You Want to Make Today?
To my non-local readers: apologies for getting super local and a little political today. But we should all support our libraries, wherever we are, in whatever way we can. Even if you don’t have a library tax election coming up, maybe you can find a way to show your local library some love, too. It […]
The Iron Craft challenge for this week was to make something incorporating local history or otherwise inspired by the place we live (or somewhere we used to live, but Fayetteville is the only place I remember living, other than for summer internships). If you’re from Arkansas or know anything about Arkansas or SEC sports, you […]
I have been compensated for this post, but all opinions are my own. #MyWCF15 Being a 4-H girl (who lived in a larger town and didn’t even have pets growing up, let alone farm animals) I have a lot of memories that involve the Washington County Fair. To me, it always represented the end of […]
Fayetteville is blessed with one of the most amazing used book stores anywhere, the Dickson Street Book Shop. This place is spectacular, full of winding rooms stacked with floor-to-ceiling shelves, with books in piles at the ends of the aisles. It’s musty and awesome and you never know what you’re going to find, but I’m […]
Note: The Northwest Arkansas Mall provided me with a gift card to spend and one to give away as compensation for this post, but all thoughts are my own. What do you picture when you think about shopping local? If you’re like me, it might be a bustling downtown, a holiday craft show, a funky […]
People love lists, and we love to see our hometowns on lists. So when Travel + Leisure named my hometown, Fayetteville, Arkansas, number 7 on its list of America’s Quirkiest Towns, I saw it shared around a lot. As much as I love it here, and I do, indeed, think it’s quirky (we prefer the […]
Today I have a challenge for you to try today, over the weekend or next week: take yourself on a field trip. As grown ups we often get so into our routines and schedules that we don’t take time for anything out of the ordinary (read: fun). And shaking things up is one great way […]