Looming federal cuts prompt concerns about food aid in Arkansas https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/?p=14150 #Arkansas #ArkansasDining #ArkansasFood #ArkansasGroceryStores #ArkansasRestaurants #dhs #FoodInsecurity #JonathanDismang #News #ONEBIGBEAUTIFULBILL #SNAP #WarOnThePoor #WorkRequirements

Okra from the Arkansas garden, frying in a cast iron skillet....

It has been a challenge getting anything out of the garden this year. It has been so hot and dry. But I thank God for this fresh produce, which was part of my supper this evening.

#garden #gardening #food #okra #photography #Arkansas

Hot temperatures are old news.

Not too long ago, weather forecasters had to pull boards out for visuals.... no computer graphics.

#Arkansas #history #weather

@W_Hurless But for now, we are still dealing with exceptional heat. There is no hint of winter temperatures yet.

I am seeing trees losing leaves in Hot Springs. Many oak trees have brown leaves. When I walk outside, I wade through the fallen leaves.

I have been having dreams about fire. The conditions seem ripe.

We do appear to be having both weather extremes: very cold in winter, and very hot in summer.

#Arkansas

@droughtcenter Getting up to about 100 degrees, day after day, dries the land out fast. I thank the Lord for the brook of water that is still flowing in my backyard (which seems like a miracle) here in Hot Springs, #Arkansas.

I would not want a man standing over me as I bathed.

The Ozark Sanatorium bath house, in Hot Springs, Arkansas, had just opened months before it was destroyed by a fire in 1913.

So, this did not last long.

#BathHouse #SpringWater #springs #HotSprings #Arkansas #history #fire

"Yarddogs are the very furry canaries in the coalmine; they’re the signals that rural life is changing, and likely they’ll be the first to go in the name of progress, which is arriving soon, sooner than you think."

Jordan P. Hickey for Southlands: https://southlandsmag.com/the-yarddogs-of-northwest-arkansas/

(Subscription required.)

#Longreads #Arkansas #Bentonville #Gentrification #Change #Growth #Walmart #Dogs

I think we broke a record here today. The high at the house (in Arkansas) was 104 degrees F. Even this time lapse video from the window makes it look hot. Also, it's interesting how the trees never stop moving, even with little wind.

#heatWave #weather #Arkansas #ARWX

DJ Hairy Larry Presents Mark Sallings Playing Playhouse

https://sbblues.com/2026/08/09/dj-hairy-larry-presents-mark-sallings-playing-playhouse/

Thanks Marty. Today we’re going to hear an original song from a bluesman who lived in Wynne, Arkansas.

Mark Sallings and the Famous Unknowns were the house band at B.B. Kings in Memphis. Mark sang and played harmonica, sax, and keys. I got to know his wife, Sandi and Mark when he was playing at the King Biscuit Blues Festival in Helena, Arkansas.

#blues #Arkansas #radio #podcast #djHairyLarry #SomethingBlue

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Album art for Mark Sallings - Let It Be Known shows a grainy high contrast black and white photo of Mark leaning against a truck.

@zdl @dadget @Carl

Excellent acoustic show this week including Chris DeClerk from Little Rock, Arkansas.

#acoustic #Arkansas #radio #KASU

@Joshuakevins12
Well, I thank God for giving you some rain, which is better than no rain!

Currently the weather here is normal for my location, and I thank God that we have had no damaging storms. In past years we had hail, which destroys garden plants, but this year has been peaceful at my location.

I thank God for that, too, because his Word says that he sends hail as a correction, and men still do not humble themselves and ask why.

(Haggai 2:17)

#Arkansas

Water in the brook is dramatically cooler than the ground. The stream of water is a free and natural source of relief from the heat.

#hot #HeatWave #weather #Arkansas

It's time for seeing okra blossoms in the garden. Now that the plants are mature, it is typical to see these beauties every day.

#garden #flowers #Arkansas

NEA Game Fest starts today.

https://tabletop.events/conventions/nea-game-fest-10

I am running The Dragons Egg and playing in my daughter Sarah's game of Dungeon Crawl Classics.

I look forward to seeing my whole family there. The family that games together ...

Gonna be fun!

#games #ttrpgs #gamefest #Arkansas

#Dream from two nights ago....

It was dark outside and smoke was in the air. (I live in Arkansas, USA.) I looked outside to find the source and saw ground fires in the woods, but did not see trees burning.

I looked up to the clouds and prayed to God, and it began to rain. Rain puts out fires.

This dream seemed more spiritual than physical, so I was surprised today seeing news of actual smoke and fires in the physical realm also.

#fire #smoke #wildfire #Canada #Arkansas

The cat shelter is open for business! It still needs some work, but the bare minimum is there.

This is the first night the feral momma cat and her female kitten are staying overnight in the shelter.

There are currently 15 cats living with us.... Many are inside the house. We are just about at full capacity! Neither of the two cats shown in this video have yet allowed me to pet them. I hope they will become tame enough for me to take them to the vet to get spayed.

#cats #Arkansas #Caturday

A couple stray animals in my backyard.

The rooster came from across the street last year. He does not want to go back and now lives here full-time.

#animals #rooster #deer #Arkansas

Green tomatoes are growing in the garden.

#gardening #garden #Arkansas

The cat shelter is almost done. I had some set-backs in the construction, like a 24-hour power outage. But the feral momma cat (solid black) and some of her kittens (from two different litters) are getting used to eating in it. I hope to make the door today. (It will be my first time making a door.)

I currently have 15 cats! Many of them are inside the house.

#cats #constructions #carpentry #storm #Arkansas

Zucchini Blossoms

The squash vines loved the rain we had yesterday in Arkansas.

#garden #gardening #Arkansas #squash

Loud crashes of thunder can be heard here in #Arkansas. The power got knocked out. But I can still read on the notebook with battery power.

That time the Arkansas state government was heckled by an angry crowd....

The next time the ruling class insists we all get new vaccines, the citizens will revolt, adding more fuel to the next American Civil War.

#COVID #pregnancy #fertility #infertility #Arkansas #conspiracy #vaccine #war

"The Marshall Islands had never fielded a national soccer team. With this 11-a-side tournament, these young men would be the first to carry their nation onto an international stage."

A ⚽️ story from Jordan P. Hickey: https://longreads.com/2026/04/21/marshall-islands-soccer-team/

#Longreads #Soccer #Football #WorldCup #MarshallIslands #Sports #Marshallese #Arkansas