For a few years, I lived in Harrison, Arkansas, which is located in the heart of the beautiful Ozark Mountains. For my first day trip, I elected to go out to the area Along the highway, I passed some other notable spots that I’ll talk about later, but by the time that I had reached…
Category: Ozark Mountains
The Opening of the Movie Tuck Everlasting Was Filmed at Hawksbill Crag in the Ozark Mountains
I love everything about Tuck Everlasting. I love the novel. I love the writing style of the novel. I love the magic that is captured in that novel, and beyond that, I love how Walt Disney transformed Babbit’s words into a movie version of that novel. For a few years, I lived in the Ozark…
Jacki Kellum Is Teaching Comp II: Writing about Literature at Northark College
I have started teaching at Northark College. I am teaching Comp II: Writing about literature. Northark College is a unique college–one that is a tribute to this entire region of the Ozark Mountains. Northark is a beautiful school. The above photo shows only a fraction of the campus, all of which is modern. Most of…
Good Morning, August, from the Book Tuck Everlasting
Hawk’s Bill Crag in the Ozark Mountains In the above photo, you see a view of Hawk’s Bill Crag, which is in the Ozark Mountains. It is 38 miles from my house. While this is not the Alps, the Ozarks is a hilly-to-mountainous region, and in places, the terrain is downright steep. While Hawk’s Bill…