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Rabbit Roasts and Google Skin
My Pop often proclaimed it was wise to be pessimistic—because optimists are often disappointed while pessimists are sometimes pleasantly surprised. But whenever I was alarmed by some new trend that seemed...
Esoteric Astrology as news for week August 5-11, 2026
Leo – Noble, Regal, Creative, Bright Like the Sun
The sign of Leo represents the fiery life-giving Sun. Leos, like the shining Sun they represent, often become the dramatic center of everyone’s universe. Leo calls...
Dinner for Six
Becky Strainer Epp is a visual artist, jewelry maker and recent guest curator at Brews who lives in Eureka Springs with her husband, Erik.
How did you arrive in Eureka Springs?
I came here as a...
American Insights
Words Worth Remembering: A son of this great country
The speech was substantial, not ceremonial. Speaking from the Vatican on the evening of July 3—the day before the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence—Chicago’s...
The Coffee Table
Dog walking, dental hygiene, and Doctor Who?
I recently went to the dentist—for a cleaning. I’d never met the hygienist before, so I explained to her that I’m hearing impaired and while I do use hearing...
From the Back Porch
Books
Whenever I hear anyone speak of a “slow computer” or that “this printer takes forever” I visualize robed monks sitting before their desks with quill and ink pot tirelessly writing character after character, word...
The Dirt on Nicky
Names of things
Did you ever wake up at 2:30 a.m. and wonder, “Wait a minute! Why do we call it a snapdragon?” Me neither, but it’s a fair question.
Which reminds me… in my garden...
This Week’s Independent Thinker
July 29: In 1786, the first newspaper west of the Alleghenies, the Pittsburgh Gazette, was published; in 1920, the first transcontinental airmail flight took off from New York to San Francisco (taking three-and-a-half days...
The Reel News
Pictured is Bill Hiddle from Oklahoma, with this awesome 23½ in. Brown trout, caught with guide Austin of Busch Mountain Fishing Guide Service.
Fishing conditions on the Beaver tailwaters have improved this week, with trout...
Esoteric Astrology as news for week July 29 – August 4, 2026
South & North Nodes - Direction & Destiny – Past & Present/Future
There are many potent changes occurring in the heavens these days, signifying many changes, transformations and challenges precipitating here on Earth, too...
