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Phantoms
In my town, the Halloween spirit begins in earnest in September. I don’t mean the commercial outlets eager to sell costumes and candy. It’s the folks who live here—who adorn their front yards with skeletons,...
Esoteric Astrology as news for week October 28 – November 3, 2026
Right Choice is Made When We Align with the Will to Good
Dear Readers in the United States. I wrote the title above because on November 3, 2026, everyone in our United States has the...
Dinner for Six
If you want anything done in this town, call Nancy Paddock. Nancy is a longtime resident and mover and shaker who has her finger on the pulse of this tiny town.
An artist, writer, poet,...
The Coffee Table
Pulling dinosaur teeth
The sun is not quite up. I’m in my one and only bathroom, sitting on the toilet which is mere inches away from an exterior wall with a window. Three men with...
From the Back Porch
Daylight Savings Time
Like the mass movements of the wildebeests in Africa, we will soon see the mass movements of Americans returning to some earlier time for Thanksgiving. It has been decades since I’ve made...
American Insights
Government is not a business
“Time to run the government as a business, not a charity,” an X user posted this week.
The account was pro-Trump, defending the administration’s unprecedented meddling in private enterprise. As the...
The Dirt on Nicky
Normalcy
Hello class. Let’s begin today by pausing to refresh… we have a lot going on in our world, so, first, take a deep breath – inhale… and exhale… ahh… now… pretend you’re Warren G....
This Week’s Independent Thinker
Eliza (Lizzie) Dorman Fyler and her husband, Frank, settled in Eureka Springs in 1880 when Lizzie was 30 years old.
Lizzie practiced law but was denied admission to the state bar because – you know...
The Reel News
Pictured are James and Natalie from Missouri, who caught these nice stripers with guide Austin Kennedy of Busch Mountain Fishing Guide Service
The Beaver tailwaters are running low, and there’s no question about it —...
Esoteric Astrology as news for week October 21 – 27, 2026
From the Law of Spiritual Approach to the Principle of Essential Divinity
The title above are words from the New Aquarian Laws and Principles. As humanity leaves the Age of Pisces (2,500 years long with...
