You gave me birth
And you raised me right
And you were there for me
Both day & night

Last week, I was on my way home from a writing assignment when I got a phone call from a good friend. He asked if I was sitting down. I laughed and said "Yes, I am driving." There was a pause and then he said, “You might want to pull over.” I did, and he shared the tragic news that Brett Blakeney had been killed.

Harvey Williams recently collected seed sweetpotatoes from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. Previously, he had to turn to other states to get the seed sweepotatoes he needed for planting.


PINE BLUFF, Ark. – Harvey Williams smiled as he loaded the last crate of sweetpotatoes into the bed of his pickup truck. Grown at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, the second generation Beauregard sweetpotatoes are special, he said. Having access to them makes raising his crop a lot easier since he no longer has to travel to other states to get the seed potatoes he needs.

HOT SPRINGS — Lt. James “Corky” Martin of the Garland County Sheriff’s Department released a statement on May 9 regarding Jason Ripley, of Hot Springs, discovered in Sevierville, TN at 3:25am Wednesday. Since that time, the story has made national headlines. Ripley, who was found at an eastern Tennessee motel, was arrested on preliminary charges of kidnapping and first-degree battery. Lt. Martin says he allegedly held Sabrina Morton against her will and tortured her. Morton later told Lt. Martin that she went with him willingly. It’s believed Ripley beat Morton and burned her with a torch and cigarettes.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service announced a new strategy today that could keep the nation’s smallest Post Offices open for business, while providing a framework to achieve significant cost savings as part of the plan to return the organization to financial stability.

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“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
~~ Matthew 6:21
 
Driving home from a retreat in north Arkansas, I made a pit stop at a local McDonalds. I called a friend, for I missed an opportunity to help publicize a group of homeless veterans’ art works.  One of the road riding prophets of the Christian Motorcyclists Associations heard me say, “Let me leave here and we’ll pray,” so he followed me outside. I’d seen his colors as I exited the building, so I wasn’t afraid of his rough looks.

In the south, counterculture isn't something you would think existed. At least not in it's purest form. Yea, sure, there are clubs and neat beat-nick shops. Not to mention tons of cool online groups to get mixed up with here and there. But let me tell you a story about back-woods, drugs, magi-ck, sex and.......Vampires.

Battleship comes to theaters May 18, 2012.

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