This Week’s Independent Thinker
Hey, can you spell ABC?
The Courier-Journal in Louisville, Ky., formed a spelling bee in 1925, and only stopped it twice, once during World War...
Esoteric Astrology as news for week June 5 – 11, 2024.
Weddings & Families – a Study
The sign Gemini, the month of June, and the love/wisdom sign of Jupiter all bring thoughts of weddings to...
This Week’s Independent Thinker
Ernesto Rodriguez answers his phone. Yikes! He’s real!
He lives on Catalina Island off the southern California coast, is a former psychologist, and took a...
The Dirt on Nicky
Roly-poly
Roly-polies are related to lobsters, and they have pouches like kangaroos. They are not insects, and they scamper faster than you might expect. Though...
The Coffee Table
My Apologies—I’m a Vegetarian
In last week’s Coffee Table column, I wrote about the acute discomfort I felt when a complete stranger questioned me about...
Hall Closets
“If you make sure you’re connected,
The writing’s on the wall.
But if your mind’s neglected,
Stumble you might fall.
Stumble you might fall.”
Stereo MCs
It has been a...
Esoteric Astrology as news for week May 29 – June 4, 2024
Gemini, Charming, Humorous, Curious
June, the wedding month (two becoming one) belongs to Gemini, sign of the twins (think in twos - two minds, two...
American Insights
Lincoln’s Lyceum Address
Abraham Lincoln was not yet 29 years-old when he stood before the Young Men’s Lyceum in Springfield, Illinois, on Saturday, January 27,...
The Dirt on Nicky
Mint to be
Back in the first century, our pal Pliny the Rascal, philosopher and observer of nature, claimed in his Naturalis Historia that massaging...
The Coffee Table
Looking for Chris
Normally I feel pretty safe here in Carroll County. It’s part of what attracts me. I’ve lived in major cities where one is generally...