Back in the early 1970s, I got to know a man by the name of Bill Rosa. At the time he was superintendent of schools in Mountain View, Arkansas. If you have never been to Mountain View, I can truthfully say that you have really missed something. This is a fantastic community where folk music is played, weather permitting, almost every Saturday in front of the Stone County Courthouse. A trip to Mountain View will certainly take you back in time, and it’s also home to the Ozark Folk Center and…

Someone once said, “The last of the human freedoms is to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances.” When it comes to our personal success in life, attitude is everything. A truth that I have passed along many times goes like this, “It’s your attitude and not your aptitude that will determine your altitude.” Unless you are talking about a brain surgeon, in most any endeavor you can name, give me a “C” student with a great attitude over an “A” student with a bad attitude every time.…

Several years ago, when I had more time, I loved to go trout fishing. We have a great trout fishing stream in North Arkansas known as the White River. The White River has a large dam that creates Bull Shoals Lake, a great fishing place in its own right, with anglers coming from all over the nation to fish there. I don’t know how many feet, but the dam is high, really high, and when water is released from the bottom, it is cold and swift as the water snakes…