When I was visiting Arkansas last month, I took an afternoon and drove south to Parkin Archaeological State Park outside of the town of Parkin in Cross County. The park contains a prehistoric Mississippian archaeological site that covers about 20 acres and has an excellent small museum. I spent some money at their bookstore. The …
Author: Reid Farmer
Book Review
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway His best. Time may show it to be the best single piece of any of us, I mean his and my contemporaries. This time, he discovered God, a Creator. Until now, his men and women had made themselves, shaped themselves out of their own clay; their …
A Family Story
Back in the fall I posted about my great-great grandfather William T. Nash and his success with the founding and operation of the Nash Drug Company. While visiting back in Arkansas earlier in the year, I was reminded of another family story that involves his father, Augustus S. Nash (1828-1920) pictured above. To frame the …
Barr Lake
Connie and I ran up to Barr Lake State Park in Adams County a week ago Friday, back when it was sunny and 60 degrees. One of the nice things about Barr Lake are the great views of the Front Range when you look west across the lake. I framed a Fourteener, Long’s Peak, in …
Panhandle Eagle
The week before Christmas, I was driving home from Arkansas when I was surprised to see this Bald Eagle about 10 miles north of Dalhart, Texas. He was sitting in a cottonwood about 40 yards off of US 87 watching the traffic roll by. I assumed this was a “he” as he seemed sort …
First Flight
At Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, 110 years ago today. Orville Wright at the controls and Wilbur Wright running along the wing.
A Holiday Tradition!
Feeder Frenzy
I understand it is warmer at home now (I am currently in Arkansas visiting family) but a week and a half ago we had several inches of snow and some subzero cold. It drove a lot of visitors to the feeders. Like these American Tree Sparrows. I am always intrigued by their two-toned bill. And …
The Prize
I just stumbled across this earlier today. The Memphis Commercial Appeal runs a rotating gallery of historic photos from its files. This one from December 1950, shows William Faulkner and his daughter Jill saying good-bye to wife and mother Estelle at the Memphis Airport. They were boarding a plane to begin their journey to Stockholm where …
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Sooner or later the great men turn out to be all alike. They never stop working. They never lose a minute. It is very depressing. – V.S. Pritchett