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  • Where do Writers get Ideas? My Ideas Come from the Gaps

    People often ask me where I get ideas for my stories. I’d never really paid attention to it much, because I’ve always had a fairly active imagination and it comes naturally to think of the things I write. Where do

  • Winter is Here in the Ozarks

    First it was the frost flowers. They showed up last week during our first really cold spell.
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    Then yesterday as we were on our way home from grocery shopping the first sleet began. Soon after the plinking sounds of tiny …

  • Welcome to the all-new Wild Ozark™ website!

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    Today’s my birthday and it’s the coldest one I can ever remember having! Temps have barely gotten above freezing today and snow clouds are building overhead.

    I’ve been working hard since I got up this morning to bring this new …

  • Frost Flowers

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    The first time I saw frost flowers here in northwest Arkansas, about nine years ago now, I thought they were trash collected at the base of weeds on the roadsides.

    And then I saw a photo at Cloudland and the …