Year: 2024

September 2024 Calendar of Events for Northwest Arkansas Hello, September and fall events! First Thursday Fayetteville: Dog Daze First Thursday is a vibrant, free monthly arts & culture festival brought to you by Experience Fayetteville. […]

Heads up, mamas! Farmland Adventures in Springdale is ready for you and the kids. Opening weekend begins Friday, September 6, 2024! You’ll find Farmland Adventures at 5350 Parsons Road in Springdale. To celebrate the opening […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Have you ever been grateful you’re not good at something? This year I decided it’s probably best that I’m terrible at selfies. Truly, absolutely awful. But […]

I know that most of us don’t want to even think about colon cancer, much less read about it. But I’ve seen this type of cancer up close and personal now. My mom was diagnosed […]

Sometimes a book blows up in popularity but you just never get around to reading it for a million different reasons — the most likely being that you’re super busy raising little humans. The novel […]

Avatar the Last Airbender in Concert at the Walton Arts Center on Tuesday, September 17, 2024 Prepare to score some serious “cool points” with your favorite fan of Avatar: The Last Airbender. This week, we’re giving […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Dear Empty Nesting Professionals, I need answers. Tom and I are new to being parents with no kids in the house, so I want insight from […]

Shannon sent me a link to this podcast a few weeks ago, and we’ve been talking about it ever since. It’s an episode of Steven Barlett’s “Diary of a CEO” podcast. We both wish we’d […]

Time to pack the lunch boxes! The first few weeks of packing lunches aren’t too hard, but we know (from experience) that trying to come up with new ideas for the long haul can definitely […]

Sponsored Post Junkin’ Market Days® is making its way to Northwest Arkansas for a fall event on Sept. 6-7 at the Washington County Fairgrounds. The market features unique products such as boutique clothing, jewelry, home […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 There are less than 100 days until the election, which means the next three months will be filled with people yelling about politics on television, radio, […]

Mamas, we love it when two great things come together. If this is the month that you’re getting a new washer and dryer, we hope you’ll consider buying it at the Northwest Arkansas location of […]

Mamas, I have been down this road with my dogs, and it stinks—really, really bad. We have an old beagle named Charlie who’s infamous for escaping the fence or darting out our front door any […]