The Dirt on Nicky

Urban food forests Thomas Malthus, remember him, he was the British dude who in 1798 postulated that food production on Planet Earth would at some...

The Nature of Eureka

Beautiful and Curious Lobelias Three-related plants that I seek out at this time of year, two for their sheer beauty and one for its historical...

The Coffee Table

Stuck in the Future — Part I My mother, who is nearly ninety, hasn’t done any of her own shopping for quite some time. But when...

ISawArkansas

Whether we’re getting home, getting up, or sleeping right through it, it happens every single day. Dawn breaks all over the world every twenty-four...

HavingREELFun

I hope everyone is enjoying this great weather. Hope you are able to get out and fish, hike, bike, canoe, kayak, rock climb, camp,...

The Dirt on Nicky

How far is too far? I take 47 steps from the landing of my stairs to get to my garden gate. Inside the garden, it...

The Coffee Table

Writers, Musicians, & Artists, Oh My! I am a writer. And a musician. I think. Can I call myself these things if I don’t make a living...

ISawArkansas

Motorcycles were a really fast deal last weekend. Emails complaining about noise had no beginning and no end. They were silent, as emails are,...

HavingREELFun

This week’s photo is all smiles because of my good friend Mike the Fly Guy with Mike`s fly fishing guide service. Nagela Rasul from Dallas,...

The Dirt on Nicky

The ABCs of NPK First for me was ABCs, then BVDs. Next, in my first at bat in little league, it was HBP (squarely on...