So Long, Old Friend

My friend Virginia. We did hard time together in the Eureka Springs city jail. She had just been sentenced to serve the jail time...

Dinner for Six

If there is a lost soul out there, they are almost assured to find Kim Hornyak – the ECHO thrift shop queen with the...

The Coffee Table

Dinner for… Fifteen? I love reading John Rankine’s Dinner for Six. And given that I no longer frequent Eureka’s living room—or any other Carroll County...

From the Back Porch

At four years old I saw my first movie, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, from front row center at the Rialto theater in...

This Week’s Independent Thinker

Canadian Space Agency Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen and NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, and Chrsitina Hammock Koch, woke up last Wednesday morning and...

The Dirt on Nicky

‘Tis the dawning of the age of asparagus In late March, the gardener was transplanting plants he knowingly started way too early because he does...

Esoteric Astrology as news for week April 8 – 14, 2026

Training of Disciples & the Re-opening of the Mystery Schools The story these past 40+ days has been about the World Teacher appearing 2,000 years...

The Reel News

Pictured is Terri from Alaska with a nice walleye, caught with Busch Mountain Fishing Guide Service.  Beaver Tailwaters Fishing conditions on the Beaver Tailwaters continue to...

The Reel News

Pictured below are Austin and his wife from Mo., with a pair of nice Striper, caught with Juan Granados with Hooked On Fishing LLC Beaver...

From the Back Porch

At four years old I saw my first movie, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” from front row center at the Rialto theater in...