The Dirt on Nicky
Sing a song of summer squash
Zucchini sounds so Italian, but Carolyn Jabs states in her book The Heirloom Gardener that this variety of summer...
Esoteric Astrology as news for week Aug. 30 – Sept 7, 2023
Virgo, Daily Life, Livingness, Building the New World
Virgo is the sign of daily life and of pure livingness. It is the sign of...
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The Spork Saga
Recently I was among about a dozen people gathered in a windowless room in a municipal building. The temperature felt quite comfortable to...
ISawArkansas
I learned from reading a mystery novel over the weekend that when we’re worried, we should turn worry into hope. Poof! Worry disappears.
Think about...
The Dirt on Nicky
Golden cayennes – hot and healthy
Back when indigenous folks were naming things, those who lived along the coast of Brazil decided to call a...
HavingREELFun
Well, the weather can’t cooperate much more than it did this last week, as the week was pleasant before the weekend toaster. It’s all about...
Esoteric Astrology as news for week August 23 – 29, 2023
Virgo Sun & Mercury Retrogrades
The sun has left the fires of Leo and entered the mutable earth sign, Virgo, sixth sign of the zodiac....
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Another Death in the Family
I got a call from my cousin this evening, telling me his mother, my father’s sister, just passed away. It’s not...
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Banning Bans—Bananas!
I finally found the silver lining to all the book bans of late: Textbook companies are struggling. I’ve always hated textbooks. They’re boring. Expensive....
The Dirt on Nicky
Insanity abounds, but rosemary to the rescue
In his 1939 book Back to Eden, Jethro Kloss included in the chapter “Herbs Indicated for Specific Diseases,”...