Month: March 2015

Tickets are on sale NOW for the third annual NWA Mom Prom: A Night in the Tropics! Are you in? Because this year’s Mom Prom on May 30, 2015 is so close to summer, we […]

Note from the mamas: Brother John is on Spring Break vacation this week, so we’re publishing an “encore performance” of his very first Sunday devotion ever published here on nwaMotherlode. (His kids were teenagers at […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 A remarkable thing happened this month. The Sound of Music (the movie) turned 50 years old and readers all over the world celebrated the birthday of […]

Are there certain words and phrases that you are SO sick of hearing that you’d wish they could be banned for life? Forty years ago, Lake Superior State University started publishing a list of words […]

By Beth Gallini, mama of 2 and runner Race day for the Hogeye Marathon is approaching quickly!  At this point, many of you are likely knee deep in training and the anticipation to see it […]

Hey mamas, one of our nwaMotherlode writers has done something SO cool with her kids. They created their own website! And it’s really good. It’s called Ponder Monster and it’s full of things we think […]

The brand new a cappella festival VoiceJam, produced by Walton Arts Center, will bring talented a cappella professionals and participants from all over the world to Northwest Arkansas. The festival will be at Walton Arts […]

We know how some of you mamas just love a good vintage find. So how about a whole market full of finds? Vintage Market Days of Northwest Arkansas is an upscale vintage-inspired indoor/outdoor market featuring […]

We had a great time yesterday visiting the new Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, which officially opens on Tuesday at 4116 N. College Ave. in  Fayetteville. There are 93 Natural Grocers stores in 15 states, […]

10 For whoever has despised the day of small things shall rejoice…”   ~  Zechariah 4:10a (RSV) By Bro. John L. Cash Well, sometimes when you’re a columnist you hit a nerve—in the best possible way. […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the kitchen, they’re baaaaaack. It’s the Girl Scout cookies. There’s a whole gang of them […]

Even the sweetest, most mild-mannered woman in the world is capable of turning into a ferocious, dangerous “mama bear” when her babies are threatened. The instinct to protect our own is strong. A nwaMotherlode reader […]

By Carrie Perrien Smith We just finished wrapping up reviewing our finances and taxes. A big part of that is our charitable giving. I was thrilled we were able to give a nice sum of […]