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...
Hall Closets
Ouch! Oh man! That one stung, badly.
Two missed FGs and an ill-timed turnover on a late-game drive that coulda/shoulda/woulda won it for the visitors,...
From the Back Porch
Houselights flicker, then go off. A few coughs, bodies settle into seats. Silence. A spotlight hits center stage, the curtains open, and there he...
American Insights
Who Are We?
On the dark, seemingly endless autumn night of Saturday, November 23, 1963, the journalist James Reston began to write. “America wept tonight,...
The Dirt on Nicky
Garlic built the pyramids
French physician and bon vivant Henri Leclerc gets credit for calling garlic “the stinking rose.” Garlic belongs in the lily family,...
This Week’s Independent Thinker
Do you ever get tired of political pandemonium, techno prattle and human confusion?
How about leaky pipes? Oh gag.
Eureka Springs has its share of Victorian-era...
The Reel News
Pictured are James and his dad from Springdale, with a couple of nice stripers caught with Juan Granados, with Hooked on Fishing LLC
Beaver tailwaters:
The...
Esoteric Astrology as news for week Sept. 17 – 23
Thou Shalt Not Kill
Something is lacking in the news media in the reporting of the death and assassination of Charlie Kirk. It seems...






