The Dirt on Nicky
Nettles are our friends
Word has it our forebears began domesticating plants for consumption about 10,000 years ago, and I’m glad they did. Thank you,...
Esoteric Astrology as news for week March 6 – 12, 2024
Three Spring Festivals – Aries, Taurus, Gemini
We are still in the time of Lent, the days and nights of purification, preparing for spring,...
The Coffee Table
The List
I went to the doctor recently, for my regularly scheduled check-up. I try not to go to the doc for every little ailment, primarily...
The Dirt on Nicky
Growing things in containers
You can be a gardener if you have space for one pot. Not everyone has a place to start a garden...
HavingREELFun
My crocuses are blooming, walleye are showing spawning activity, and snakes are coming out. Animals are coming out of hibernation, but this cold spell will...
Hall Closets
Wow! They say pitching wins titles, and if the second weeKend of the 2024 campaigns of the University of ArKansas RazorbacKs baseball and softball...
Esoteric Astrology as news for week February 28 – March 5, 2024
March Festivals, Spring, Pisces to Aries, Death to Resurrection
It’s leap year this year (Thursday) meaning February has an extra day (the 29th). Aquarius and...
American Insights
James Otis’s Fight
In February 1761, almost four months after George III’s ascension, the first major controversy surrounding imperial policy gripped Boston politics. That month,...
Keep the lights on at community newspapers
In January alone, an estimated 500 journalists were laid off in the U.S, continuing a trend that has been going on for a long...
The Coffee Table
Plastic Education
A few weeks back I made a public statement about removing my “green badge” because I am tired of fighting the unwinnable battle...