Diana McDaniel Hampo
Oaklawn Park Ponies...Something to Have Faith In
If you grew up in Hot Springs you will understand this post. This morning at 7:30, as I drove past Oaklawn, there were....there horses!...
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Diana McDaniel Hampo
- Oct 25, 2020
- 2 min
A Trashed Out Vision of Elegance and Hope
I love the people willing to invest in Hot Springs! They are brave and visionary. Recently, a local realtor, Chris Rix, bought an old...
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Diana McDaniel Hampo
- Oct 19, 2020
- 2 min
An Architectural Beauty,Transformed
A few nights ago we tried to meet up with friends at The Rooftop Bar at the Waters Hotel on Central Aveue. It was 6:30 on a Thursday and...
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Diana McDaniel Hampo
- Sep 28, 2020
- 2 min
A West Mountain Love Story
Have you been up on West Mountain lately? It's still gorgeous. I think it's amazing that we have a beautiful camel-hump of a mountain...
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Diana McDaniel Hampo
- Aug 20, 2020
- 2 min
Fordyce-Ricks Estate A Water Wheel and Love Story
I absolutely love walking my dog, Aries, around Stone Bridge in Hot Springs. It's right across from the entrance to Gulpha Gorge on Park...
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Diana McDaniel Hampo
- Aug 15, 2020
- 2 min
Love In A Mexican Restaurant
Every time I drive up Ouachita Avenue and past what is now Colorado Grill, I smile a little. Not because I'm thinking about cheese dip,...
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Diana McDaniel Hampo
- Jul 26, 2020
- 3 min
Uncle Daley and an Unhappy Cow
Back in the 90s we started The Spring Magazine in Hot Springs. One of the most popular columns was called Tales From The Arkansas House...
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Diana McDaniel Hampo
- Jul 16, 2020
- 2 min
The "Incident" on Whittington
My dad, I Granger McDaniel, was a scrawny little boy during the Great Depression in Hot Springs, Arkansas. In the early thirties he was...
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Diana McDaniel Hampo
- May 12, 2020
- 3 min
Pak Plaza Pawn Shop...Yeah, I love It!
A pawn shop, that's one of the things I love in Hot Springs. I know it sounds weird, usually I write about history and love and artsy...
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Diana McDaniel Hampo
- Apr 25, 2020
- 2 min
Old Rocks in Hot Springs
Now that life has slowed to a meander, I'm walking around more. I take the dog on increasingly longer and longer walks. We are passing...
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- Jul 13
- 2 min
Leave the Garland County Library Alone...It's Perfect
To the Editor and the People of Garland County, I was shocked and angered when I learned there were those who want to limit support for...
- Mar 18
- 3 min
What's My Name
Names, first names, are funny. They mean so much to us, they often establish our identiy and linage. In the mid 1960s Muhammad Ali, (I...
- Mar 10
- 2 min
Irene The Elephant
This is not a happy post. In the late 80s or early 90s Jack and Mary were between 2 and 4 years old. We lived in the Florida Keys. One...
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