Friday, September 4, 2009
No More Foolin’ for Schoolin’
Brick by current policy does not give political endorsements. Now that the Fayetteville School District’s high school plan is set for a public vote, in about 10 days, all I should do is create a nice neutral analysis. Yawn.
Better: Just lay out some facts, in a smirk-free zone.
The Tuesday, Sept. 15, [...]
Passover ends at sundown today, its eighth day. Just before the festival week of Pesach began, local stores that carry some kosher products year-round — and a few more items come early spring — began running out of unleavened bread. Again.
Must be those Christians.
Northwest Arkansas only has a few Jews, who surely are grateful for [...]
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Thursday, February 5, 2009
The knit sheets we grabbed in the dark annoyed,
our flannels would slide in woven linens.
Cascading limbs threatened the bed upstairs
so with four blankets below, three above,
we lay with cats by the washer/dryer.
Not merely sleepless, for 10 hours we stared
under the hurricane in slow motion:
Crack crack crackle groan — pause — thud,
and that only meant some [...]
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CONWAY, Ark. — Circumstances kept My Beloved and I away from our inaugural plans. With a rough idea and a bit of luck, though, we became better witnesses to a slice of history. The Shady Hill manse is 959 miles from the Washington Monument so the biggest piece we could expect was a dieter’s sliver [...]
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Saturday, September 13, 2008
Copyright 2008 Ben S. Pollock
Over the decade (since February 1998) that we’ve lived in Northwest Arkansas, Ginny and Nick Masullo have thrown the most fantastic and memorable, surreal and comforting parties. Some involved costumes, a number had modest bonfires, and all had warmth, lots of food and a truly wide assortment of guests. The one [...]
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The other day as I was leaving a specialty store (as opposed to “general merchandise”) a fellow whose wife I used to work with waved hello. What we have in common is her so I asked and learned in brief that she’s been award more responsibilities at her job and is pretty happy. Wrapping those [...]
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American Airlines is a proud member of something called the Oneworld Alliance, which is a group of 10 airlines combining for the booking of reservations etc. but otherwise independent from one another.
Or is it? Are they?
From an American jet we took Friday, taxiing to the gate at Dallas/Fort Worth, we saw a huge banner hung, [...]
Review: An Evening with Bobby McFerrin, Chick Corea and Jack DeJohnette, Sunday 13 April 2008, Walton Arts Center, Fayetteville
As admirable as jazz critics like Gary Giddins and Nat Hentoff are, even they couldn’t describe last night’s evening of “free jazz” adequately. It’d be like explaining a joke, ruins it. I won’t try, but surely a [...]
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Friday, December 28, 2007
The week of October 21, 2002, was extraordinary in Fayetteville. This is a vibrant college town so prominent lecturers shouldn’t be that unusual but to have three in a week was special. Bill Clinton coming up was not unusual; he’s probably here about once a year. On Monday the 21st, though, he helped dedicate a [...]
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Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Taking a note from a weekend column, I spent an hour at Northwest Arkansas Mall, about 4:30 to about 5:30, on Christmas Eve, to enjoy the crowds without being a part of them, (Phil’s father in the essay, having gifts all bought, enjoyed the spectacle), though if something caught my eye for My Beloved, I’d [...]
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