The Dirt on Nicky

How many, how much, and who’s counting? Somebody with a hydrogen counter claimed there are billions of water molecules in one drop of H2O which...

Esoteric Astrology as news for week September 3 – 9, 2025

A Full moon, an Eclipse & a Retrograde – Contemplation, Integration & Change On Friday night (September 5), the planet of disruptions, of things sudden...

This Week’s Independent Thinker

Newspapers have been described as printed versions of information people need. That definition comes from magazine editors, who print what people want. What people...

Land in our Hands

Predict the future by creating it “You can get all the crystal balls and tarot cards you want. But if you want to see the...

The Coffee Table

The Long and Short of Unsolicited Advice   Well, I’ve done it. I’ve moved to Michigan. So, I am now sending columns from Yankee Land. I hope that...

From the Back Porch

The brain has a mind of its own “Cognitive decline” has been newsworthy in recent weeks, not at all surprising when the president brags he...

Hall Closets

First, give it up to Mr. Tommy Fleetwood for finally reaching the rich soil of the PGA Tour winners’ circle on Sunday, accomplishing such...

American Insights

Words Worth Remembering: W. E. B. Du Bois and Honest History Since history is human, and since humans are inherently imperfect creatures, it is not...

The Dirt on Nicky

L’il critters Went to my garden and found somebody with an appetite had been there before me. Happy, healthy tomato vines had been gnawed leafless,...

The Reel News

Pictured is Chuck from Oklahoma, with a healthy 21 ½ in., 4 lb. rainbow trout, caught with Austin Kennedy of Busch Mountain Fishing Guide...