Learn about an easy way to help with food insecurity in Northwest Arkansas — and a party for a great cause at Cobblestone Farm! This is a sponsored post written on behalf of the Cobblestone Project. All opinions are my own. We who live in Northwest Arkansas tend to think …
When my daughter was born, I had no friends. That sounds super dramatic, but it’s true. I’d been working from home for a couple of years by then and hadn’t stayed in touch with coworkers from any of my previous jobs in the way I would have liked. I was …
I wanted to title this post something about going “Beyond Recycling,” because my assumption is that most people recycle as a matter of course these days. That feels true where I live, where the city’s goal is to divert 80 percent of waste from the landfill by 2025, but a …
Technology is going to be even more important and integrated into our kids’ lives as they get older than it already is. Our generation is the last to remember not having a computer, an email address or a cell phone. We can’t even imagine what technology will be when they …
Valentine’s Day is a time when we think about our hearts in a romantic way, but it’s also a great time to think about how we treat our actual hearts and what we can do to prevent heart disease in ourselves and be on the lookout for heart trouble in …
This month’s topic for #NWArkCares is civil rights. It’s another one that’s hard for me to write about. I feel like, as a white, straight person, I don’t have a right to talk about racism, bigotry and homophobia. I will never understand — as much as I can empathize, or …
A lot of the world’s problems seem too big for individuals to solve, or even to have an effect on. We know little moves can make a big difference if everyone does them, but it’s easy to get overwhelmed when thinking about the big problems of the world. One place …
