Columns
Dinner for Six
Shira Fouste is an artist and bed & breakfast owner who is currently chair of the CAPC. Shira is running for a council seat in Ward 3 Position 2 against incumbent Harry Meyer in November.
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The Coffee Table
If hawks played banjos
After Senator Lindsey Graham’s death in July, I read an account of his funeral in The New York Times which stated, “President Trump eulogized Graham as ‘one of the great figures in...
American Insights
Angels among us
Things are discouraging on many fronts, but history tells us there is reason to hope. We haven’t survived 250 years by always getting things right— by always getting along and always seeing...
The Dirt on Nicky
Jumbo in an allium sort of way
When the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant had its famous meltdown 40 years ago, a huge glob of destroyed building chunks mixed with zirconium and uranium coalesced into what...
From the Back Porch
We have all been to parties that just don’t work: people and food and purpose come together but do not create a pleasing whole. Talk, circulate, a drink or two, leave, and sit on...
The Reel News
Pictured is a nice striper caught by Bo with Austin of Busch Mountain Fishing Guide Service.
River
Fishing on the Beaver tailwaters remains challenging in places as we work through the final stretch of August, but...
Esoteric Astrology as news for week August 26 – Sept. 1. 2026.
Virgo – Three Madonnas – Only One Holds the Child - Sign of the Soul
The full moon occurs this week, the solar festival of Virgo along with a lunar eclipse (something in form...
This Week’s Independent Thinker
Fifty-five years ago, when a British soldier was preparing for deployment to Northern Ireland, he asked Barby Keel to take care of his dog.
Barby and the dog stayed together, giving both a new outlook....
The Coffee Table
The Lion & the Virgin - Leo/Virgo
Leo is the lion of the zodiac, a fiery dramatic being of great love and creativity, always creating in order to come to knowledge of self. Leo’s task...
Esoteric Astrology as news or week August 19 – 26, 2026
The Lion & the Virgin - Leo/Virgo
Leo is the lion of the zodiac, a fiery dramatic being of great love and creativity, always creating in order to come to knowledge of self. Leo’s task...
