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....

The Coffee Table

The mystery of economics In high school, my economics teacher successfully encouraged me to drop his class—because I apparently just didn’t get it. And now, more...

The Reel News

Pictured is Jeff Ochs from Kansas, who caught this nice rainbow with Busch Mountain Fishing Guide Service.  Beaver Tailwaters: Cooler air is working its way back...

American Insights

Wilson’s Stand for Suffrage, Part III of III Monday, September 30, 1918, dawned with news from the war front. “American guns pound foe’s last defenses,”...

From the Back Porch

Leaning against the porch rail I pitch a ball for the dog. Decades ago, I lost my overhand perfection: the ball arcs behind me...

The Dirt on Nicky

Can’t see the 4est for the 3s My birth sign suggests I am easily distractible, but that’s hardly an excuse. I know there’s a point...

This Week’s Independent Thinker

Has anyone else experienced the high-pitched squall of a leaf blower? It’s a hand-held 2-cycle machine that pollutes more than a Ford F-150. Seriously....

Esoteric astrology as news for week November Nov. 26 – Dec. 2, 2025

Wearing Gratitude Like a Cloak – Rumi The week of Thanksgiving and the season of gratitude begins. The Sun is now in Sagittarius. We...

American Insights

American Insights: Wilson’s Stand for Suffrage, Part II of III Even before he took the oath of office, Woodrow Wilson had been confronted with the...