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Arkansas

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A Minute or Two with High Roller #1

by: Steve Watkins In: Arkansas, Inspiration, Stories on: January 4, 2021

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Kind of Highbanks Road

The Audiobook is Here!

by: Steve Watkins In: Arkansas, Audiobooks, Books, Family, Memoirs on: December 19, 2020

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KOHBR Launching Tuesday – Some Personal Thoughts

by: Steve Watkins In: Arkansas, authors, Books, farming, The South on: August 30, 2020

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Construction: Day 1

by: Steve Watkins In: Arkansas, Home Building, journal on: March 20, 2020

Today we kicked things off at Tranquility Base. While digging for a septic tank perk test isn't very sexy, it's something, and the sight of equipment and …

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Hanford Bluff – Four Lots For Sale

by: Steve Watkins In: Arkansas, Mountain View, Travel on: March 19, 2020

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Photo of the Week

by: Steve Watkins In: Arkansas, nature, photography, rural America on: March 15, 2020

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The Art of Loafing in a Parts Store

by: Steve Watkins In: Arkansas, Craft of Writing, Memoirs, Non-Fiction Books, rural America, The South, writing on: March 14, 2020

When you think on it, it’s amazing just how much of nothing can go on in a little town. In the seventies and eighties, Monette, Arkansas had at least a half …

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Photo of the Week

by: Steve Watkins In: Arkansas, authors, journal, nature, The South, writing on: March 1, 2020

Inaugural picnic on the grounds of Tranquility Base. 2/29/20 (Photo, Frances Merrell) …

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10 Things I Learned to Love About Home Again

by: Steve Watkins In: Agriculture, Arkansas, Books, writing on: February 24, 2020

  As we wrap up the finishing text for The King of Highbanks Road, I reflect on so many things from the experience of putting it all on paper - and how …

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Stop the Presses! But Go to 500!

by: Steve Watkins In: Arkansas, Books, Memoirs, Non-Fiction Books, The South, writing on: February 21, 2020

After eighteen months of writing, and a half-year of (ongoing) editing, we've set Saturday, October 3 as the release date for The King of Highbanks Road. There …

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Photo of the Week

by: Steve Watkins In: Arkansas, culture, photos, Uncategorized on: February 16, 2020

Old cypress barn north of Oil Trough, AR. …

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Giving Tranquility Base Some Breathing Room

by: Steve Watkins In: Arkansas, Mountain View, writing on: February 14, 2020

    Its legal description is Roundbottom Pool Estates, an approximate 50-acre land tract developed in a spectacular river valley near …

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The King’s English

by: Steve Watkins In: Arkansas, culture, humor, The South on: June 27, 2019

    You'll find a bonus story here and there through The King of Highbanks Road manuscript. One such bonus is a list of my dad's favorite sayings. …

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Highbanks Road: Where All Things Are Possible

by: Steve Watkins In: Arkansas, journal, Stories, writing on: January 1, 2018

I've thought a lot about roads lately--especially the ones that seemingly end in the middle of nowhere. We call them dead ends. One day, thirty-two years ago, …

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How to Lose an Election: Arkansas Senate District 21

by: Steve Watkins In: Arkansas, Media, Politics, writing on: October 9, 2013

Who would've thought the national public mood would have reared its head so prominently yesterday in a little race for the state Senate in Northeast …

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To the Candidates for Arkansas’ Disgraced State Senate Seat

by: Steve Watkins In: Arkansas, Journalism, Media, Political blog, writing on: August 30, 2013

So several of you are thinking about, or say you are in the running for the Arkansas State Senate District 21 seat. Contrary to many media headlines, it's not, …

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Arkansas' First Congressional District

14 Cliche’s That Work Well in Arkansas’ First Congressional District

by: Steve Watkins In: Arkansas, Election 2014, latest news, Political blog, sports on: November 28, 2012

A follow-up to this post, yesterday. 1. The Early Bird Gets the Worm - not always true, but always worthy of consideration. The best campaign I ever witnessed …

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