Mantra As Mercury Comes Out Of Retrograde
Reclaiming My Peace Reclaiming My Peace Reclaiming My Peace* ☮️???????????????? *with a grateful nod to Maxine Waters
Utter Nonsense Notes and Errata
A Mantra For The New Moon Eclipse
In the stillness between light and dark (and light again), I draw back my bow and I set my sight On all that I’m manifesting. And then I take a deep breath. ????????☀️???? ????
Actually, White America, #ThisIsUs. And We Must #DoBetter
Like many, I’ve been watching what has been happening in Charlottesville, Virginia and it has turned my insides into a cocktail shaker of revulsion, rage, and profound despair. What is missing from this mix,...
Stuff I Saw Recently: Sunrise Edition
“…as the seasons roll on by.” Now that we’re half way through summer, the days are getting shorter and I’m starting to see the sunrise again each morning, as I wait for the ferry....
Photo Project: #derelictumbrella
San Francisco’s winter storms are usually pretty windy, which is bad news for umbrellas. I can’t recall the exact winter that I became perplexed by the phenomenon of umbrellas that were simply dropped in...
New Moon Mantra
Breathing in, I accept the events of my life. Breathing out, I let go of regret. Breathing in, I accept the choices I have made. Breathing out, I let go of my need to...
STRUNK AND WHITE ARE (not really) FULL OF BULL BISCUITS
So I recently came across another criticism of The Elements of Style, this time by writer A. L. Kennedy. The primary problem that I take away from Kennedy’s criticism of The Elements of Style...
Current Mantra
Only by taking a step, And then another, And then another toward The edge of My World I discover that My world isn’t flat after all ????????????
Life in Mayberry By The Bay: Holidays Edition
One of the charms of living in Alameda is that folks here like to decorate for the holidays. Not just Christmas, though most every street will have at least one befestivated house (and there...
Mister Four and Mister Six
Clancy turned four (I think) around the beginning of June (maybe). And Charlie turns six (I think) today (possibly). Why don’t I know? Because both of these boys were abandoned by their previous families....