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P. Allen Smith’s #Bean2Blog – Part One
Wow. A week ago today, I had the unique and amazing opportunity to spend the day at P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home on Moss Mountain Farm in Roland, Arkansas with 17 other bloggers. If you don’t know, P. Allen Smith is often referred to as “the Martha Stewart of the South”. He’s an outdoor living guru – covering everything from gardening to food to design on his PBS shows, YouTube channel, and books. Moss Mountain … Read entire article »
Filed under: Arkansas, Around the Town, Garden, Travel
Finding Farmers’ Markets and Harvest Fun
I was going to put together a list of Farmers’ Markets in Central Arkansas, but then I found that Julie over at Real Food in Little Rock already had a great list of Farmers’ Markets in Little Rock. Go Here to check it out. If you’re not in Little Rock, check out Local Harvest’s Website to find a Farmers’ Market near you. You can search a variety of different types of resources by zip code. And, if … Read entire article »
Filed under: Arkansas, Around the Town, Garden, Go Green, Health, Health & Fitness, Mommyhood, Things to Do in Central Arkansas, Travel
MOMcation 2012
You may have noticed that I haven’t been posting quite as much lately. That’s because I’ve been busy planning MOMcation 2012. This is the third year for MOMcation. It’s a weekend retreat for MOMs and MOMs-to-be to take some time out for themselves. When I came up with this idea back in 2009, I was looking for a way to show other moms how beneficial some me time could be. I wanted to put together something … Read entire article »
Filed under: Arkansas, Education, Health & Fitness, Mommyhood, Travel
Arkansas Women Bloggers
As we step into the new year with all of our new goals, projects, and wishes sharply in focus, I wanted to take a moment to tell you about Arkansas Women Bloggers (ARWB). ARWB has just re-launched the website, and it’s a great place to read blog posts and find blogs from all over the Natural State. And, if you happen to be a blogger (or a wanna-be blogger), you’ll find a community where you … Read entire article »
Filed under: Arkansas, Write & Blog
Camping with Small Children
This is a guest post by my husband, Craig, who recently took our two young children on a two day camping trip to Toad Suck Ferry Park near Conway, AR. Camping with small children can be very exciting when you incorporate knives, axes and guns. I usually take along the big tent I got from www.tent.net/best-8-person-tent/, but since it was just the 3 of us and I wanted to teach them survival training I thought why not … Read entire article »
Filed under: Arkansas, Guest Blogger, Travel
Heifer Ranch’s Global Village: A “Think Tank” for World Food Day
For most of us, three square meals a day is something we take for granted. But, thousands of people are dying of hunger across the world every day. Yesterday, October 16th, was World Food Day and also Blog Action Day, a day in which bloggers all pledge to blog about the same subject in order to create awareness. This year’s theme is FOOD. Here in Little Rock we have the privilege of having access to many … Read entire article »
Filed under: Arkansas, Not the Dishes, Travel, Write & Blog
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