Hall Closets
No doubt, I have attended more than my fair-share of Razorback athletic events and am grateful for all the tickets that came my way...
This Week’s Independent Thinker
Yes! Magazine was first published in 1996 and last published this June.
We scoured Yes! every week because it paid attention to Greta Thunberg before...
American Insights
“A State of Becoming”: From My Book Better Angels
History reminds us that Americans are just people: capable of love and hate, compassion and cruelty,...
Back Porch Thoughts
Cool August mornings – words that seldom go together – force one’s mind away from the heavy and hurtful issues that are there on...
The Dirt on Nicky
Job
I went to the garden to water everything and plant a few cucumber seeds, but spent two useful, this-then-that hours clearing pathways, adding to...
Esoteric Astrology as news for week August 6-12, 2025
Hot Sultry Dog Days of Summer under the Blue-White Star Sirius
Note: the word dog spelled backward is “god.”
We are in the “dog days...
Land in our Hands
“This town is my favorite place in the entire world. I was smitten the moment I saw the Eureka sign and I moseyed on...
This Week’s Independent Thinker
Yangtze finless porpoises, a cousin of dolphins and whales, are so endangered that there are fewer than 600 left. Anywhere. The porpoises live in...
Hall Closets
Arghhh, the dog daze of summer weigh heavily upon us and will continue to do so until on or around the 12th of August....
The Coffee Table
Revisiting the Tale of the Tea Set
I’m moving. Which means I’m sorting through all the sentimental things I’ve collected over the years. And once again,...





