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Diana McDaniel Hampo

Mar 18, 20244 min read

What's My Name? What Muhammad Ali wanted to Know

Names, first names, are funny. They mean so much to us, they often establish our identiy and lineage. And it's very important we all...

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Diana McDaniel Hampo

Oct 25, 20202 min read

I love the people willing to invest in Hot Springs! They are brave and visionary. Recently, a local realtor, Chris Rix, bought an old...

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Diana McDaniel Hampo

Sep 28, 20202 min read

Have you been up on West Mountain lately? It's still gorgeous. I think it's amazing that we have a beautiful camel-hump of a mountain...

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Diana McDaniel Hampo

Aug 29, 20202 min read

On Park Avenue there's a handsome little building that's home to Tootsie's Pet Boutique. I love the history of the building, the...

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Diana McDaniel Hampo

Jul 16, 20202 min read

My dad, I Granger McDaniel, was a scrawny little boy during the Great Depression in Hot Springs, Arkansas. In the early thirties he was...

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Diana McDaniel Hampo

Apr 20, 20202 min read

Every time I drive down Central Avenue I feel a little bit better when I pass First United Methodist Church at Central and Grand. That's...

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Daddy Jack and His Nuns In the 1920s through the late 1940s, my grandfather, Dr. Jack Stell, was a surgeon, then Chief of Staff, at St....

Dec 29, 20242 min read

For Christmas this year I asked a dear friend and local artist Michelle Yates to draw "The Bat Tower" for me. It was a Christmas present...

Dec 14, 20243 min read

The Arlington, gorgeous and gaudy, is the absolute heart of Hot Springs, the heartbeat of the hotel is pushing blood through our bodies.....