The Coffee Table
Envisioning Exodus
Oh, boy. Sometimes the daily news knocks the wind out of me. It’s not enough that states are banning abortion and barring women from seeking...
American Insights
A Centennial Call for Freedom
American independence at one hundred years, The New York Times wrote on Tuesday, July 4, 1876, was nothing short of...
HavingREELFun
I hope everybody enjoyed last week in between the rains. The two best times to fish is when it’s rainin’ and when it isn’t....
Hall Closets
“Everyone has a plan, until they get hit in the mouth.” Mike Tyson
Of the many elite athletes I’ve watched perform their craft over the...
The Dirt on Nicky
Sassafras tea is not an everyday adventure
Sassafras is a wonderful word. Go ahead and say it two or three times. Sassafras trees are ubiquitous...
Esoteric Astrology as news for week June 12 to 18, 2024.
Flag Day & Father’s Day – Honoring Both
We are in our last week of Gemini, before the sign of Cancer summer (northern latitudes)...
A Change is Gonna Come
Some of my first memories involve Clear Spring School. Early in the 1980s, in my pre-primary years, I attended the red brick schoolhouse campus....
The Dirt on Nicky
Blackberries vs. vampires
Do you have dirt under your fingernails? It’s okay if you do. Squeamish naifs from Beverly Hills might blame your dysgenic heritage,...
American Insights
The Struggle of the Ages
It was a time of fear, suspicion, and uncertainty. It was, in a sense, like any other time in history,...
The Coffee Table
Felonious Friends and Foes
I had several things I could have written about this week. But then there was the elephant in the room: A former president...





