The Dirt on Nicky
Worms in winter
A word about earthworms – wiggly.
There are worms in most all non-glacial, non-ice-covered areas of Earth. Even in deserts. How did they...
HavingREELFun
The water in Swepco lake always stays around 70° all year long even in the dead of winter and that’s why a lot of...
The Coffee Table
No thanks required, but…
Two days before Thanksgiving, I drove to Eureka Market to purchase ingredients for a “Thanksgrieving” meal at my home: a gathering...
The Dirt on Nicky
Make sun while the hay shines
But enough about hay… let’s go inside and visit the Schlumbergeras. One variety, Thanksgiving cactus, is blooming now and...
Esoteric Astrology as news for week Nov. 29 – Dec. 5 Advent
Sagittarius, Advent, the Work of the People with Right Human Relations
We’re in Sag now, sign of food, music, the photographer, adventurer, philosopher, rider on...
The Dirt on Nicky
How to look through a seed catalog
Way before Black Fridays, “Feliz Navidad,” or the Pickle Bowl, seed catalogs are arriving in gardeners’ mailboxes. ‘Tis...
The Coffee Table
Holiday Meltdown
After a social gathering that usually brings me peace and joy, I had a holiday meltdown. A bona fide, unadulterated, crying jag spent...
Esoteric Astrology as news for week November 22 – 28, 2023
Gratitude – a Radiance of Solace to a World in Crisis
On Wednesday, November 22, the Sun enters Sagittarius, and we embark on weeks ahead...
The Dirt on Nicky
All’s gourd with the world
Gourds know best. You can’t be a gourd without a good reason. Imagine a gaggle of dried gourds gathered by...
American Insights
Our Best Selves
It was a warm and cloudy Friday in the nation’s capital. At 11:14 a.m. on June 26, 2015, the president entered the...