Happy 4th of July.  Enjoy the grill, fireworks and the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra on the banks of the Arkansas river.  Be safe.  Go outside.  Remember the Arkansans at war and their families here at home.  Celebrate your traditions like  these from Max Brantley at the Arkansas Times.

As for me,  I’m heading to Sim’s Bar-B-Que for lunch with my family, and then I’ll go where the day takes me.