Newsletters

The Rockspirian is published quarterly and distributed by email.

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2022

May – #47

  • The Northwest Arkansas Permaculture Study Group

  • Creating Community at Rockspire
  • The Shop Complex Addition
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January – #46​​

  • ​​Rockspire’s Pumphouse
  • Thoughts on Permaculture by Deborah Waterman
  • The Rockspire Shop Complex
  • Plein Air Painters of Eureka Springs exhibit
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2021

October -#45

  • Betty Johnson
  • ​​The First Homesites Structure
  • The Rockspire Agricultural Cente

July – #44​​​

  • Rockspire’s High Speed Internet
  • The Rockspire Forum
  • Home Construction update
  • RV Campsites
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April – #43​​

  • Re-opening Rockspire
  • E&A Companies
  • Horses & Alpacas

2020

October – #42

  • Did I Remember to Tell You?
  • Eureka Springs Sustainable Eco-Community Initiative
  • MobbyMac Carriage House Additions

July – #41

  • Rockspire.com improved and expanded
  • What Rockspire means to me – by Carol Wright
  • Fire at Rockspire

April – #40

  • Refining Rockspire
  • Covid-19 was a Leadership Test

January – #39

  • 10th Anniversary Edition
  • Rockspire’s Advisory Boards
  • Labyrinths – Purposeful Walking – by Deborah Myers

2019

November – #38

  • Camping at Camp Sassafras
  • Living at Rockspire presents challenges
  • Voices from the Silent City
  • The North Forest Lights

July – #37

  • Ongoing Construction Projects
  • The First Two Home Designs
  • The Most Interesting Aspects of the World
  • Once the current Carriage House expansion is complete

April – #36

  • Northwest Arkansas Native Plant Society
  • Myers Family Gathering
  • Plein Air Artist of Eureka Springs

February – #35

  • Rockspire’s 2018 Holiday Celebration
  • The Northwest Arkansas Permaculture Study Group
  • The Rockspire Master Plan and Zoning Map

2018

October – #34

  • The Rockspire Forum
  • Homesites update
  • Community Ecology

July – #33

  • Nature, Art, and Architecture
  • And so, it begins
  • Plein Air Painters of Eureka Springs

April – #32

  • Design Work Begins
  • Controlled Burning
  • Movies at the MobbyMac

January – #31

  • Water Management Systems
  • Classic Mena at Rockspire
  • Movies at the MobbyMac

2017

October – #30

  • Concrete in the woods
  • Concrete on the hill
  • Glass in the woods
  • ES Independent newspaper article

July – #29

  • Rockspire Shop Complex
  • Eureka Springs Eco Council
  • The Rockspire Manifesto at EUUF

April – #28

  • Waterfalls
  • TreeHouse Home Improvement
  • Comings and Goings at the MobbyMac Carriage House

January – #27

20th Anniversary Edition

  • Accomplishments of the past twenty years
  • Resisting Success Through Growth
  • Life, Money, and Illusion
  • NPR Commentary and Interview

2016

November – #26

  • The New Front Doors to the MobbyMac
  • Inventors Anonymous
  • The Nature Conservancy – Kings River Preserve update

July – #25

  • The six angels of Rockspire
  • Sassy Cassie

April – #24

  • Ernest Kilman
  • RAF Airstrip

2015

December – #23

  • At Rockspire, we like to celebrate!
  • George Myers’ retirement
  • The Kings River Preserve

September – #22

  • Vold Vision Stairway and Mural Party
  • Composting Elemental Dirt

May – #21

  • The Arts at Rockspire
  • JordyM Studio
  • Kings River Fine Arts

January – #20

  • The Big Ass Fan
  • Big homes can complicate retirement
  • Top of the Rock

2014

September – #19

  • Do you have a green thumb?
  • Thinking about the larger eco-system
  • The nearest town to Rockspire – Eureka Springs

May – #18

  • School’s Out!! .. They headed to Rockspire
  • City girl with country heart?

January – #17

  • Convertible Suite
  • The 2013 Holiday Season
  • The Kilman Wedding Reception
  • Mike Johnson and Pam Kovacs

2013

October – #16

  • Poem and comments by Betty Johnson
  • It’s time for a new approach to living sustainably

July – #15

  • Joan’s Angel Trail
  • Master Stone Mason, Alan Vennes
  • Rockspires seen ’round the world

April – #14

  • Experimental Innovation
  • Integrated Water Management
  • Joan Myers Norton

January – #13

  • Bridge over tranquil backwoods
  • Trigger Gap LZ
  • Manifesto Presentation Slides

2012

October – #12

  • The burn ban is off!
  • Digging by hand at Moonshiner’s Cave
  • Interior Furnishings at the MobbyMac Carriage House

July – #11

  • Happy Trails to you!
  • Tanju and Pat Tuzer
  • Other recent visitors to Rockspire

April – #10

  • Hoar Frost
  • Future Stone Gazebo
  • Marjorie Jones’ Memorial
  • Rockspire Manifesto

January – #9

  • How do we plan to harvest the Earth’s cold, pure, raging, energy?
  • Some of our neighbors
  • Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

2011

October – #8

  • What buildings are at Rockspire now, and what is planned for the near future?
  • The West End Community Buildings
  • Concepts Guiding Development

July – #7

  • Betty’s Birdhouse Cabin
  • Rainwater Collection
  • Gardening

April – #6

  • The MobbyMac Carriage House
  • Rockspire is not for sale

January – #5

  • Unearthing Mysteries
  • Celebrating 45 years of friendship
  • Commemorating 35 years of business
  • New Adventure

2010

October – #4

  • Harvesting Hardwoods and Hay
  • The Johnson Family Reunion
  • Eureka Springs

July – #3

  • Nature at Rockspire
  • Kings River Preserve Dedication
  • First ever airplane landing at Rockspire

April – #2

  • Lumber Harvesting
  • Kings River Preserve Announcement

January – #1

  • Construction begins on Upper Nature Trail
  • Rockspire.com is updated
  • Betty’s Birdhouse Dedication
  • Strange objects photographed