All posts by Justin Elrod

  • The Power of Truth

    In the Wonder woman stories, there is a powerful but quiet tool our hero carries with her everywhere: the Lasso of Truth. It isn’t a...

  • Make Your Season Bright

    Nat King Cole’s voice has a way of making everything slow down. When “The Christmas Song” comes on— “Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack...

  • Follow the Yellow Brick Road

    When Dorothy clicked her ruby red slippers together at the end of The Wizard of Oz and whispered, “There’s no place like home,” she wasn’t...

  • Even When Its 4th & 25

    The miracle occurred on November 7, 2015. Arkansas Razorback fans will never forget that day. Playing Ole Miss in Oxford, the Hogs had fought their...

  • Peace of Mind

    Sometimes the best stories start with everything going wrong. Just ask the guys who planned Woodstock, one of the largest documented “parties” ever thrown. The...

  • Let’s Get Planning

    “Let’s get physical, physical!I wanna get physical….” You can probably hear Olivia Newton-John’s voice in your head right now. You might even be picturing the...

  • Repair Before Despair

    “The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.” – John F. Kennedy, 1962 On a typical Monday morning in my elder...

  • Don’t Fumble Your Future

    To celebrate this seventeenth annual Salt Bowl edition of Saline County Lifestyles, the timing seemed appropriate to look back on another major event in football...

  • Don’t Be Wonky, You Need A Plan

    Willy Wonka had a problem. Although he came from very humble beginnings, he had amassed an immense fortune throughout his life as the eccentric founder...

  • Don’t Protect Your Home Alone

    Remember the 1990 comedy Home Alone? Kevin thought his wish had come true. On the eve of a family trip to Paris, and after a...