ESI Staff
The Coffee Table
The Elusive Human Connection
At the supermarket, I can go to the self-checkout or a real live cashier. I always choose the latter because (a) I want...
The Reel News
Pictured is Everett from Oklahoma City, with this awesome 17-inch Rainbow trout, caught with guide Austin Kennedy with Busch Mountain Fishing Guide Service.
Fishing this...
The Dirt on Nicky
Immunity is our friend
Our bodies have an elaborate tag-team immune system which instinctively protects our bodies from malevolent pathogens, and three scientists who uncovered...
Esoteric Astrology as news for week October 15-21, 2025
Libra – Contemplating Polarities, Choosing – a Turning Point
During Libra (Sun), we contemplate and assess what we know, don’t know and need to know...
HDC recaps preservation gathering
Members of the Historic District Commission discussed a recent preservation seminar and made plans for some upcoming educational efforts at the Oct. 1 HDC...
The Purple Flower turns breakdowns into breakthroughs
On Dec. 31, 2012, a young Berryville mother, Laura Aceves, lost her life trying to escape her abuser. She had moved as far away...
An appeal from the Purple Flower Team
In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, October 2025, we’re asking our Carroll County community to help us raise $27,000 in 27 days so...
This Week’s Independent Thinker
She had prosopagnosia, an early childhood neurological condition that meant she didn’t recognize faces. She relied on voice, posture, clothing style, hair length, name...
From the Back Porch
Despite the invasions of beautiful cars and noisy motorcycles (they are after all toys and we are all happy with our toys), there’s a...
Hall Closets
In order to win the game, you must first not lose it. Chuck Noll
Head coaching NC2A football on the DI level in todaze arena...