The Dirt on Nicky

How to plan I threw away the old calendar. Good riddance! Time to plan the best garden year ever in the history of ever, so...

Esoteric Astrology as news for week January 7 – 13, 2026

Interior Moment in Time for Humanity Winter and the New Year of 2026. It is a deep interior moment for humanity at this time....

Esoteric Astrology as news for 2026 – overview Esoteric Astrology as news – January...

New Year, 2026 – A Prayer for Peace on Earth, Goodwill to All 2026 begins with Capricorn Sun and a Gemini moon – the magical...

The Coffee Table

The Good American I am one single old lady needing to feed only myself, my cat, and my dog. But it’s rare that I get out...

From the Back Porch

It once was… Information sources were standard and believable. Libraries. The card catalogue. The blessed Oxford English Dictionary, the standard for scholarly and accurate information. ...

This Week’s Independent Thinker

It’s the season that we in this country are not sure what to call so that no one’s offended. Celebrations can be touchy. Scotland banned...

Hall Closets

As a proud and committed ignorer and abhorrer of most mass media and disseminators of such (televisions, smartphones and the like), in this year...

The Reel News

Pictured is Grant from Arkansas, who caught this very nice rainbow with BMFG Robert Kennedy. Beaver Tailwaters: Winter is settling into the Ozarks, bringing cold mornings...

The Dirt on Nicky

Hohoho spelled out for gardeners Alphabet says… C is for crucifers which grow in cold weather. Give them a blanket of three kinds of leaves, visit...

From the Back Porch

Two or three times a week I drive through town to see. See what? The town. Today was different. Early this morning I saw...