ESI Staff
From the Back Porch
At the age of nine I discovered “sin” and didn’t do well with it.
My 11-year-old sister and I had convinced our parents we should...
ISawArkansas
Sight is a wonderful thing, but we all know that wonderful things are sometimes piecemealed with shocks and malfunctions. You get old, you get...
The Coffee Table
Guns and Guitars
The day before Thanksgiving I reveled in a gathering of new friends with old guitars, ate more than I needed, and faced...
Hall Closets
Well, here we go again. All last week it was reported that Alex Golesh would be named the next HC of the Arkansas Razorback...
American Insights
Words Worth Remembering: Lincoln in November 1863
The blood of thousands of soldiers, North and South, was still seeping into the torn earth when Abraham...
This Week’s Independent Thinker
She was born 193 years ago last Wednesday.
Mary Edwards Walker was born of abolitionist parents who started a school to ensure their girls were...
The Dirt on Nicky
Where have you been?
I’ve never been to Russia, but I’ve grown beets just like Russian gardeners. According to folks who count things, Russian farms...
The Reel news
Pictured is BMFG Robert Kennedy who caught this nice rainbow just before the cold front arrived.
Beaver tailwaters:
Winter is starting to push fall aside,...
Esoteric Astrology as news for week December 3-9, 2025
Advent, Festival Days, Light & Dark, Sagittarius & Beams of Light
We are now in Advent, four weeks of preparing for something to appear....
Council drills down on clerk-treasurer duties
Eureka Springs City Council had a full agenda to lumber through at the Monday, Nov. 24 meeting with issues surrounding the position of the...