Esoteric Astrology as news for week May 6 – 12, 2026
Pluto, the Transformer, Retrogrades in Aquarius
Pluto, Lord of the Underworld, the volcanic force that transforms us, is retrograde from May 6, 2026, at 5...
This Week’s Independent Thinker
Lionel A. Rosenblatt worked for the U.S. Foreign Service, a diplomatic corps that analyzes foreign events and promotes peace. Two percent of applicants are...
Esoteric Astrology as news for Wesak Buddha Full Moon Week
Wesak Taurus Festival - Buddha’s Appearance in the Himalayas
Every year (this year, May 1, 2026) at the Taurus solar festival (Scorpio full moon),...
The Coffee Table
Thanks for the Laugh’
I read in the Eureka Springs Independent that David Bell died. Having moved away from Arkansas, it was the first I’d...
This Week’s Independent Thinker
Twenty-seven years ago, when we started the Lovely County Citizen, we would bray and hop when Jay Leno or CNN’s Aaron Brown put us...
Bossy’s Last Ride
There’s an obituary for David Bell in this paper, in a section aptly named “Departures” because the word obituary is from Medieval Latin obituarius,...
American Insights
The Long National Nightmare
It was a partly cloudy day in the nation’s capital when, at noon on Friday, August 9, 1974, Washington’s most powerful...
From the Back Porch
Like a tortoise, I have carried things from town to town until, now, the last town. Boxes, papers, a few folders saved just because...
Dinner for Six
Will Wright is owner of the Palace Hotel and a committed vinyl-phobe who has lived in Eureka Springs for the past 4 years.
How...
The Dirt on Nicky
Almost time for cucumbers
The Sassafras Hill Cucumber Consortium gathered for a quick confab regarding where to plant cucumbers this season. Members sat beneath a...