ESI Staff
The fertility of art
Since Brews changed hands and the community Prince, John Rankine, left I’ve not been drawn to Brews Cafe and Coffee Bar. However, one recent...
Healing dwells here
It seems some people have forgotten or perhaps they never knew. Perhaps they never realized that the land upon which we stand, this land...
We did this, we chose this… who are ‘we’?
Happy 250th Birthday, We the People! How do you like your country now?
Taking stock of what the society our Constitution gave birth to has...
Dinner for Six
How did you arrive in Eureka Springs?
Sight unseen. I’d never set foot in Arkansas. A friend mentioned Eureka Springs might be a good...
American Insights
Tribute to Gordon Wood
It was an ordinary afternoon when I decided to do something few teenagers probably do. I picked up a copy of...
The Dirt on Nicky
We know what we know until we don’t
Thousands of years ago, folks just like us – naturally curious scientists – experimented with uses for...
From the Back Porch
The Return, by Libyan poet and memoirist Hisham Mater, is a clear painful description of a son’s search for his father who was disappeared...
The Coffee Table
Soft-Hearted Weirdo
I believe I’m the outlier. The soft-hearted weirdo. But I have trouble with people attaching shock collars to their dogs. (Or any other living...
The Reel News
Pictured is Busch Mountain Fishing Guide Jim Epperso, with these very nice crappie.
Did you know that Busch Mountain Fishing Guide Service has a brand-new...
Esoteric Astrology as news for week June 17 – 23, 2026
Bright Light of Summer on Father’s Day
Summer 2026 begins this year early morning June 21, when the Sun enters the sign of Cancer,...