Following the worst legislative session of my lifetime, I need a trip to the mountaintop. I head for Petit Jean Mountain. Hoping for a day of relaxation and contemplation, I decide not to take Interstate 40 to Morrilton. I drive west out of the capital city, taking Arkansas 10 and 9 through the Ouachita Mountains.
For a couple of weeks during this year s legislative session, education dominated the conversation at the state Capitol. But it was all of the K-12 variety.
When city officials, donors and other dignitaries gather next month for the grand opening of the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts (AMFA), it will be the biggest thing to happen in downtown Little Rock since the Clinton Presidential Center opened in November 2004. AMFA was the subject of Wednesday s column. Writing that column got me to thinking about things that are coming soon for downtown and things that are on my wish list.