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Conway County Library ~ my recent visit, cool on many levels

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Conway County LibraryThe Friends of the Conway County Library recently invited me to speak on the subject on my book and writing and whatnot. This was cool on so many levels. Carnegie Library! The Conway County Public Library in Morrilton represents half of the remaining operating Carnegie libraries in the state of Arkansas. This particular library opened in 1916, and at the time achieved the distinction of being the smallest town in America to have a Carnegie library. That a pretty special little nugget of American + Arkansas history.Continue Reading

the morning after

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the morning after

Oh, the morning after. Brings to mind lots of things—am I right? But in this particular instance, I’m thinking about the morning after Halloween. November 1. All Saints’ Day (yesterday), a solemn holy day of the Catholic Church. The day after Halloween. The day before All Souls’ Day (today).

That, morning after.

That’s the day to treasure hunt for lost Halloween items. And if you still crave chocolate, you can find plenty on porch stoops and along the sidewalks. Like an Easter egg hunt without the eggs. And without Easter. But I’m getting ahead of myself…Continue Reading

Happy Halloween! All treats, no tricks, a little snark.

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Happy Halloween

Cat Burglars. My sister and me.

 

Happy Halloween everyone. I’m ready for the trick or treaters, although I need to make one more candy run because somehow I made a pre-Halloween, largish dent in my sweet stash. Running out of candy on Halloween is a bad thing for a whole lot of reasons.

I don’t need any tricks.

Since Halloween 2016 falls on a Monday, I wonder if the crowd be thinner than say a Saturday night Halloween? Probably not. When I was a kid, if Halloween fell during the school week, our town of Keiser moved trick or treating to the weekend. Yet another small town magical perk. Does anyone else remember this sort of thing?

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