This Week’s Independent Thinker
Did you know that the average American owns an estimated 250 pairs of shoes over a lifetime? Do you remember yours? What happened when...
The Dirt on Nicky
October is the orangest month
Well, June and July went to Jamaica, and here we are. Now what? We are possibly only two weeks away...
Esoteric Astrology as news for week October 1 – 7, 2025
Forgiving, At-one-ment & Remembering – Festivals & a Shelter of Peace
Disciples (New Group of World Servers) celebrate multiple religious festivals – Jewish, Christian and...
The Coffee Table
On the Wrong Side
I subscribe to a major national newspaper that I peruse daily. But some days (often) I can’t stomach much. When the proverbial...
From the Back Porch
Stone soup redux
Do two people looking at the same thing see the same thing? Do stories we carry from generation to generation mean the...
The Reel News
Pictured are Keith and his son, Jacob, from Kansas, with a 2-man limit of trout. They both fished with Austin Kennedy of Busch Mountain...
Hall Closets
Back in the early 2000s, two of my favorite URLs were geekfest.com and woopig.net. Both were message boards that provided platforms for peeps (anonymously...
The Dirt on Nicky
Since you asked
Speaking of garlic, I visited my friend Betsy who lives in a tree on the next ridge over to ask about the...
Esoteric astrology as news for week September 24 – 30, 2025
Libra, Autumn, Archangels & Season of Forgiveness
Thursday, September 29, is Michaelmas, Feast of the Archangels. We begin with St. Michael the Archangel, guide and...
The Coffee Table
Don’t call me sweetie, darlin’
People are sometimes surprised to find that I am 71 years old. They say, “You don’t look 71,” although I beg to...