HavingREELFun
This week we had beautiful sunshine but chilly winds. A good outfitter told me one time it’s never bad weather just bad clothing, so...
Esoteric Astrology as news for week December 13 – 19, 2023
A Mercury Retrograde Season!
Mercury retrograde begins Tuesday (December 12) night around midnight after the Sagittarius new moon. Mercury remains retrograde ‘til the first...
The Dirt on Nicky
Worms in winter
A word about earthworms – wiggly.
There are worms in most all non-glacial, non-ice-covered areas of Earth. Even in deserts. How did they...
HavingREELFun
The water in Swepco lake always stays around 70° all year long even in the dead of winter and that’s why a lot of...
The Coffee Table
No thanks required, but…
Two days before Thanksgiving, I drove to Eureka Market to purchase ingredients for a “Thanksgrieving” meal at my home: a gathering...
The Dirt on Nicky
Make sun while the hay shines
But enough about hay… let’s go inside and visit the Schlumbergeras. One variety, Thanksgiving cactus, is blooming now and...
Esoteric Astrology as news for week Nov. 29 – Dec. 5 Advent
Sagittarius, Advent, the Work of the People with Right Human Relations
We’re in Sag now, sign of food, music, the photographer, adventurer, philosopher, rider on...
The Dirt on Nicky
How to look through a seed catalog
Way before Black Fridays, “Feliz Navidad,” or the Pickle Bowl, seed catalogs are arriving in gardeners’ mailboxes. ‘Tis...
The Coffee Table
Holiday Meltdown
After a social gathering that usually brings me peace and joy, I had a holiday meltdown. A bona fide, unadulterated, crying jag spent...
Esoteric Astrology as news for week November 22 – 28, 2023
Gratitude – a Radiance of Solace to a World in Crisis
On Wednesday, November 22, the Sun enters Sagittarius, and we embark on weeks ahead...