Semi-tractor trailers and me

Cindy ArpOur Town Outdoors

The morning in 1993 that I pulled out in front of an 18-wheeler tractor-trailer, missing him by inches, I knew I was going to have to do something to make …

Eckhart Tolle and bluegrass

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When I was 4-years-old, I sang in the local high school’s fund-raising talent show. In my tiny blue pleated skirt, Mickey Mouse Club T-shirt and Mickey Mouse ears, I shouted …

Strictly for the birds

Cindy ArpOur Town Outdoors

When I was a little girl, I would often sit on the porch, in my daddy’s lap while he talked to the local crows. He would cup his mouth and …

Making precious memories

Cindy ArpOur Town Outdoors

Dan and I are spending this week hiking and camping at Big South Fork of the Cumberland River. The campground is close to empty with our neighbors being an audacious …

What do you do with a drunken sailor?

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There’s a lot of airway noise right now. Accessing the news takes courage, as one hears everyday rants, as fingers point, and as everyone who is talking is completely convinced …