Opinion

LITTLE ROCK – When the new year begins, the Arkansas Works program will have a new name and will operate under new rules. ARHOME is the new Medicaid program.

A noteworthy difference between this and previous generations is how little quotes from the KIng James Bible permeates our discourse. Mild admonitions were often preceded by declaring “you know what the Good Book says.”

As you read this Christmas is over. Leaving us looking forward to the New Year of 2022. Guess you might say we had a blast in 2021 because it seemed like a vapor. On the thirty first of December, I have lived in Pocahontas nine years, making it six years for Red!

John P. Black, attorney at law, was said to have a keen perception, sound judgment, and a determined will. He had a thorough knowledge and administration of the law. Mr. Black was born at Black’s Ferry in Randolph County in 1822. He was the son of William and Elizabeth (Jones) Black, the grandson of David Black, and the great-grandson of David Black, a native of Amsterdam, Holland. The elder David Black came to America when a boy and learned the blacksmith trade. David Black, Jr. was a native of South Carolina, was a farmer, emigrated to Kentucky, and finally moved to Randolph County in 1815. John’s maternal grandfather was John Janes, a native of Virginia who settled on Jane’s Creek in the early 1800’s.

Hello 2022! We have all lived to see a new year, and I hope it will be a year of health, prosperity and happiness for all. Presley and I decided to have a wild New Year’s Eve and spent the entire night near the large city of O’Kean at my parent’s house. We got even wilder and enjoyed several gameshows on The Game Show Network. Presley, who has been feeling a little spunky lately, decided she would try some red meat for the first time in her almost 14 years. She took a tiny bite out of a sausage ball and quickly decided she was right all along, and that kind of food is gross. I am ok with that, that means there is more for me to enjoy. ***

Among all the wonderful, thoughtful and sweet gifts I received for Christmas, I acquired one really questionable gift choice. A gift I’m still trying to process. I received a state of the art home wax kit. Now, don’t get me wrong, I love all my gifts and they‘re certainly not the most important part of the season, but the reasoning behind this one has me puzzled. Is this a sort of coming of age standard gift for middle aged woman? Is it because I have one eyebrow and a mustache that put Poncho Villa’s to shame? Or is it because someone decided I needed a medieval torture kit just to pass the time at home? Whatever the reason, I’m not one to waste, so I decided to try that bad boy out. Sweet mother of all that is furry, what was I thinking?

And so another Christmas and New Years has gone by. I hope your holidays were as good as those I experienced.

Financial Freedom Let’s get something out of the way right out of the gate. Financial Freedom is not a dollar amount! Financial Freedom is the idea that we can live a better life away from the rat race and burden of 9 to 5.