This Week’s Independent Thinker
Have you ever had sleep poverty at 2:45 a.m.? Counting sheep is ridiculous, as is counting how many times you’ve pluffed your pillow or...
The Reel News
Pictured is Ronnie from Alabama, with a fall walleye, caught with Austin Kennedy of Busch Mountain Fishing Guide Service LLC
Beaver Tailwaters Fishing Report:
Fall weather...
The Dirt on Nicky
Took a trip and saw the flowers
One of the ways Claude Monet and I are similar is our appreciation for gobs of colorful flowers...
Esoteric Astrology as news for week October 29 – November 4, 2025
Halloween, Scorpio Festival of Death & Rebirth –Preparation Time
Sun and Mars in Scorpio (illuminating the processes of life and death). Mercury in Sagittarius (preparing...
The Coffee Table
Whitewashing OCD
I just finished painting the smaller of two tiny bedrooms room in my new old house. I had intended to paint everything white, as...
From the Back Porch
We seem to be committed to change. If it’s new, it’s good. If it’s electronic, it’s better. If it’s on an iPhone, that is...
American Insights
Be an American and Resist
Ten days into the new year—a year of promise and protest—Thomas Paine set America ablaze. Released on Wednesday, January 10,...
The Reel News
Pictured is Steve, who caught this nice Striper with Juan Granados of Hooked on Fishing LLC
Beaver Tailwaters Trout Fishing Update – October 17, 2025
Arkansas...
The Dirt on Nicky
Decision time regarding your coleus
We find ourselves in the first week of the season with nighttime temperatures below 50°. Gardeners will have already begun...
Esoteric astrology as news for week October 22 – 28, 2025
Auspicious Festival of Light (Diwali) Dispersing the Most Profound Darkness.
The Sun has entered Scorpio, moving humanity in the northern latitudes deeper into the dark...