The Nature of Eureka: Ozark Leatherwood
Over the last five or six years I have been somewhat obsessed by the origin of the namesake of our local geographic features known...
Esoteric Astrology as news for week June 29-July 6
Cancer New Moon & the United States Birthday
There are many icons for the sign of Cancer. Garden gate (where spirits enter matter); crab in...
The Pursuit of Happiness
The newspaper headline, Fertile Woman Dies in Climax, raised no eyebrows back home in Minnesota when I was a boy. That’s because everyone knew...
Dropping a Line
Watch the wind chill and keep a dry pair of gloves handy. Well, we went from cold to hot fast so leave the jacket...
Exploring the Fine Art of Romance
I’ve been with my boyfriend for eight months. We’re always together, the chemistry’s great and we laugh a lot but he’s still not said...
Esoteric Astrology as news for week June 22-29
Signs of Summer & Chiron Retrogrades
Beginning at summer solstice, and for 72 hours after, the Sun remains still in its northern position at the...
The Pursuit of Happiness
Our political and cultural condition, and its preoccupations, make me unhappy and I have a strong inclination to detach from it. Writers I admire,...
This Week’s Independent Thinker
Shania Clifford is a high school junior and SkillsUSA masonry student who won the gold medal in Ohio’s Skills USA competition by 72 points.
“She...
Dropping a Line
Boy, really getting this one in late. Had a wheel bearing go on the boat trailer. That has a lot to do with fishing,...
The Nature of Eureka: Yucca
Often when I’m out on a group hike, we come across plants that some are surprised to see in Arkansas. One of those plants...