The Dirt on Nicky
One thing, then another
In his book Gaia’s Garden, Toby Hemenway describes the typical sequence in which plants transform a cleared area into scrubby grasslands,...
Hall Closets
Two down – four to go
Despite a poor attempt by referees officiating without bias on Saturday afternoon in Rhode Island, the underdog Arkansas Razorbacks...
The Reel News
Pictured above are me (center), Robert Kennedy (left) and Sky Haack at the Best of NWA Gala, winning the Gold award for best Fishing...
This Week’s Independent Thinker
Evan Kail owns a Minneapolis pawnshop. He’s 35, a social media influencer, has an interest in history, a bachelor’s degree in Japanese studies, and...
Esoteric Astrology as news for week March 26 – April 1, 2025
A Generational Change Begins – Neptune enters Aries
In these past weeks we have had transits in the sky that may have made humanity...
American Insights
Words Worth Remembering: Frederick Douglass’s Rebuke
“The fact is, ladies and gentlemen, the distance between this platform and the slave plantation, from which I escaped,...
ISawArkansas
It’s been some years since I’d seen my brother, Mike, and he blew into town recently for a 3-night visit. We spent most of...
The Coffee Table
My Economics Lesson
A few weeks back I left my sunglasses in Fayetteville—at my son’s house. I knew I’d get them back eventually, but in the...
Land In Our Hands
Parallel lives colliding on White Street
Mary Springer came to Eureka Springs more than 40 years ago to start an art school. That school is...
The Dirt on Nicky
Alphabet soup
I came across a photo from the early days of my garden and was pleased to see how healthy the chard plants were,...