Karen Martin

Little Rock

Associate Editor, Perspective at Arkansas Democrat Gazette

associate editor, arkansas democrat-gazette

Articles

Respectful routes lead to healing | Arkansas Democrat Gazette

2 weeks ago | arkansasonline.com | Karen Martin

On the move? Let us read it for you. LISTEN NOW Your browser does not support the audio element. Americans are grappling with a pervasive sense of national crisis.
Can’t you read the sign? | Arkansas Democrat Gazette

3 weeks ago | arkansasonline.com | Karen Martin

On the move? Let us read it for you. LISTEN NOW Your browser does not support the audio element. "And on the sign it said 'No Trespassing'But on the other side, it didn't say nothingThat side was made for you and me ..."
Can’t you read the sign?

3 weeks ago | nwaonline.com | Karen Martin

"And on the sign it said 'No Trespassing'But on the other side, it didn't say nothing
Advice on finding one’s way | Arkansas Democrat Gazette

1 month ago | arkansasonline.com | Karen Martin

On the move? Let us read it for you. LISTEN NOW Your browser does not support the audio element. Regarding my column of March 16 in which I describe my embarrassingly inept attempt to find my way from Little Rock's Baptist Medical Center to Fresh Market on Cantrell Road: I'm not the only one.
The extreme state of Canadian confusion | Arkansas Democrat Gazette

1 month ago | arkansasonline.com | Karen Martin

On the move? Let us read it for you. LISTEN NOW Your browser does not support the audio element. I thought they might be angry. Over the past quarter century, I've spent big chunks of time in Canada--Montreal and Toronto on occasion, but mostly Vancouver and the South Shore of Nova Scotia. Vancouver is beautiful, but Nova Scotia has a unique hold on me; for a few years my wife and I owned a 200-year-old cottage there.
The maze that is west Little Rock

1 month ago | nwaonline.com | Karen Martin

Downtown Little Rock is easy to traverse, mostly built on a grid of northbound and southbound streets.
The maze that is west Little Rock | Arkansas Democrat Gazette

1 month ago | arkansasonline.com | Karen Martin

On the move? Let us read it for you. LISTEN NOW Your browser does not support the audio element. Downtown Little Rock is easy to traverse, mostly built on a grid of northbound and southbound streets.
A modern take on a Celtic ritual

1 month ago | nwaonline.com | Karen Martin

There was a time when Saturday evenings for me meant a journey into the rich...
A modern take on a Celtic ritual | Arkansas Democrat Gazette

1 month ago | arkansasonline.com | Karen Martin

On the move? Let us read it for you. LISTEN NOW Your browser does not support the audio element. There was a time when Saturday evenings for me meant a journey into the rich landscapes of Celtic music, guided by the charmingly Scottish-accented...
A thrifty guide to what’s for supper | Arkansas Democrat Gazette

1 month ago | arkansasonline.com | Karen Martin

Writing this on a Monday afternoon, I'm wondering: What's for supper? As I wrote in a previous column, my household prefers take-out meals to dining in restaurants (thanks, covid, for scaring us away).