I Should Stay

I Should Stay

[title subtitle=”words: Marla Cantrell”][/title] If you’re not in love as Valentine’s Day approaches, you shouldn’t work in a candy shop. But I do, and today the parking lot is full. Sandy, who owns the place, had the windows painted with Cupid and hearts...
Mardi Gras in the Fort

Mardi Gras in the Fort

[title subtitle=”words: Marla Cantrell Images: courtesy Bordertown Events”][/title] The Mardi Gras celebration got its start in medieval Rome, spread to France, and then to the French colony of New Orleans in the 1600s. In 1875, Louisiana made Mardi Gras a...
For Love of the Story

For Love of the Story

[title subtitle=”words and images: Jessica Sowards”][/title] I had written my first short story before I was halfway through elementary school. It was a riveting tale about a bi-species gal named Uni, half unicorn and half pegasus, being raised in the...
Beautiful Chaos

Beautiful Chaos

[title subtitle=”words: stoney stamper images:courtesy april stamper”][/title] I was born and raised on a Quarter Horse ranch in northeast Oklahoma. I was the fifth generation of ranchers on The Rocking S Ranch, which would later be known simply as Stamper...
Mardi Gras in Little Switzerland

Mardi Gras in Little Switzerland

[title subtitle=”words: Marla Cantrell Images: courtesy Eureka Springs CAPC”][/title] Eureka Springs, Arkansas, is often called the Little Switzerland of the Ozarks. This mountain town, with its narrow, winding streets, Victorian architecture,...

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