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,...

American Insights

Words Worth Remembering: Wisdom, Goodness, Power At twenty-nine, Benjamin Lincoln, Jr., was already a remarkable patriot in the mold of his father, General Benjamin Lincoln,...

The Reel News

Pictured are Harold Douthit from Elm Springs Ark., with his friend Flint, who caught over 43 fish with BMFG Beaver Tailwaters report:  The weather isn’t the...

The Dirt on Nicky

Everything needs water again A sweaty July gardener in a floppy hat goes to the garden to reconnoiter what the plants and soil need, and...

Esoteric Astrology as news for week July 30 – August 3, 2025

Leo’s Fires, the Burning Ground & Saviors of Humanity The real question when Sun enters Leo for each of us is What are our talents,...