ESI Staff
Peaceful solutions
Today is the day to talk about the 1% at the top and the 1% at the bottom in Arkansas. Today is the day...
Dinner for Six
Lucilla Garrett is a long-term Eureka Springs resident who served on city council in the ‘70s and who co-owned Garrett Antiques, an antique store...
The Reel News
Pictured are Kevin, his wife, Diane, and their friends from Texas, who caught 18 stripers with guide Xieng Chanthavong and guide Austin Kennedy.
The trout...
The Coffee Table
On Neutral Ground
About eighteen months ago, in a state of acute anxiety, I ventured into a Yankee beach town to buy a house. My goal...
From the Back Porch
A morning at Hart’s looking at prices and buying groceries. Everything costs more, a pound no longer has 16 ounces, but there’s no shortage...
The Dirt on Nicky
To mustard or not to mustard?
Americans consume about 2.8 pounds of mustard (half a gallon!) annually which amounts to $2.5 billion for mustard makers....
This Week’s Independent Thinker
Dolly Parton, Gloria Steinem and Annie Dillard are three women who up and died before we could make a big deal over their fertile...
Esoteric Astrology as news for week September 23 – 29, 2026
A Dwelling in Nature – Autumn, Libra & Choice, Krishna & Arjuna (a story).
Autumn and the Soul half of the year begins. The Earth...
The Coffee Table
The Man in the Mirror
I generally don’t spend a lot of time thinking about JD Vance, but lately his presence in the news makes...
Esoteric Astrology as news for week Sept. 16-22, 2026
Autumn Begins – G-d Writes Our Names in the Book of Life.
You are forgiven, we say to each other.
This is our last week of...