by Meg Buerkel | Jan 15, 2024 | Experiences
Meg Buerkel Hunn, Advisory Council Chair I think January is hard… I adore December. December traditions don’t leave a lot of time to contemplate like or dislike, we just go-go-go. There is one December thing always that delights and inspires hope in me: the lights...
by Tracy Bogard | Jan 15, 2024 | Experiences, Information
Down and Dirty with Rachel Dusty tan. Red. Burnt orange. Bright orange. Dark brown. Grey. Green. Pink.The 800-mile journey from Corrales, New Mexico to Fayetteville, Arkansas brought with it four states, two time zones, 733 miles on I-40 East, one-and-a-half...
by Tracy Bogard | Dec 16, 2023 | Experiences, Information
Down and Dirty with Rachel The grass was alive. Okay, maybe that’s obvious, but I mean “alive”, like “Frankenstein alive”. I heard a rustle along the ditch bank and saw some dried, short reeds and a few sprigs of grass moving back and forth, sticking out of a layer of...
by Tracy Bogard | Nov 30, 2023 | Experiences
Meg Buerkel Hunn, Advisory Council Chair Six weeks ago, I planted out garlic for next year. Two weeks later, I put in hundreds of spring bulbs. I don’t think I have memory loss yet, but I sure don’t have any recollection of where I put either the garlic or those...
by Tracy Bogard | Nov 17, 2023 | Experiences, Information
Down and Dirty with Rachel Fire the weathermen. Hire my knee. The other evening, my knee was swollen, which is a good predictor of rain. Apple Weather had clear skies the entire following day. It sprinkled on me when I was running the next morning. I once impressed a...
by Meg Buerkel | Nov 17, 2023 | Experiences
Meg Buerkel Hunn, Advisory Council Chair Just the other day, my daughter’s piano teacher lamented about the growing darkness – and how this time of year, especially after the clocks change, makes her want to ‘hibernate.’ Indeed, as the days get cooler and...
