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Karen Martin

Arkansas Online

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Can’t you read the sign?

Can’t you read the sign?

"And on the sign it said 'No Trespassing'But on the other side, it didn't say nothingThat side was made for you and me ..."

31.03.2025 2

Arkansas Online

Karen Martin

The extreme state of Canadian confusion

The extreme state of Canadian confusion

I thought they might be angry. Over the past quarter century, I've spent big chunks of time in Canada--Montreal and Toronto on occasion, but mostly...

24.03.2025 3

Arkansas Online

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Advice on finding one’s way

Advice on finding one’s way

Regarding my column of March 16 in which I describe my embarrassingly inept attempt to find my way from Little Rock's Baptist Medical Center to Fresh...

24.03.2025 2

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The maze that is west Little Rock

Downtown Little Rock is easy to traverse, mostly built on a grid of northbound and southbound streets.

17.03.2025 2

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A thrifty guide to what’s for supper

02.03.2025 10

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When the walls come down

23.02.2025 10

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Micro-deportations are a big concern

19.01.2025 3

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Cartoons of the year

12.01.2025 8

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Library on wheels

17.12.2024 3

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Automation could increase retail theft

24.11.2024 5

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Here’s what happens when words fail

24.11.2024 5

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Opinion: Pushing boundaries of bad behavior

Anything you can do, I can do better; I can do anything better than you. -- Show tune composed for the 1946 Broadway musical "Annie Get Your Gun"...

19.11.2024 10

El Dorado News Times

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Pushing boundaries of bad behavior

17.11.2024 5

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Take a seat at the Unleashed competition

Seven entries, one first-place winner. The MacArthur Park Unleashed Shade Structure Design Competition invites everyone to meet its finalists at a...

11.11.2024 2

El Dorado News Times

Karen Martin

Avoiding serious diseases in dogs

I grew up with a boxer named Zack whom my family had adopted from our local shelter. We loved him dearly. He was a happy-go-lucky guy with a tail...

11.11.2024 3

El Dorado News Times

Karen Martin

Avoiding serious diseases in dogs

10.11.2024 3

Arkansas Online

Karen Martin

Take a seat at the Unleashed competition

10.11.2024 5

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Sharing the joys of dancing

03.11.2024 2

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A walkway that leads to tranquility

20.10.2024 2

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An exercise regimen that gets results

13.10.2024 4

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Just say no and be done with it

The banker looks serious. I missed a deadline to renew a certificate of deposit. So the bank did what it said it would do in the fine print of...

07.10.2024 6

El Dorado News Times

Karen Martin

Just say no and be done with it

06.10.2024 2

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Karen Martin

On the road to Bentonville, at last

29.09.2024 2

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It’s hard to break a plastics habit

22.09.2024 4

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Making fetch happen

22.09.2024 3

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The art of the dining deal

In the midst of the covid epidemic that got serious in March 2020, we, like a lot of people, stopped dining in restaurants and defaulted to...

16.09.2024 2

El Dorado News Times

Karen Martin

The art of the dining deal

15.09.2024 5

Arkansas Online

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Curious ways we express ourselves

08.09.2024 5

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My way or the highway

01.09.2024 8

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What’s worth redeeming in covid’s wake

25.08.2024 3

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The dark side of a sunny sidekick

18.08.2024 3

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The benefits of wading in the water

11.08.2024 2

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A herd by any other name

04.08.2024 2

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When it’s time to move on

28.07.2024 2

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What's hot to watch this summer

The heat is encouraging many of us to spend more time sheltering indoors than we do during the wintry months. So as long as we're hunkered down on...

22.07.2024 2

El Dorado News Times

Karen Martin

What’s hot to watch this summer

21.07.2024 4

Arkansas Online

Karen Martin