I’m not a sound sleeper. The question each night is not whether I’ll wake up, but whether I’ll be able to get back to sleep once I do. Some restless nights my eyes open and my mind immediately begins flitting from topic to topic like a fickle honeybee. I think about getting older, and about the unsettling physical changes than come with age. But it’s not just the physical signs … [Read more...]
My husband recently decided to make a significant change to his diet. Since we eat most of our dinners together, I figured I would jump aboard and try it myself. It was a pretty big change for me, though, and during the day I hewed to my usual habits, which included a regrettable volume of Cheez-its crackers. Still, within a couple months my clothes were fitting looser, so I … [Read more...]
The first message in my Facebook feed this morning was from my nephew, marking himself safe in "The Violent Incident in Las Vegas" His notification linked to a news story about the latest mass shooting, this one involving a gunman opening fire from his hotel room into an open-air concert next door, killing at least 50 people and injuring hundreds of others. I closed down … [Read more...]
In the middle of an exceptionally busy week when a series of deadlines had worn me down to a nubbin, I dragged myself to a client's office to do some bookkeeping. Bookkeeping is such precise, Virgo work that I enjoy doing it now and then; it's a bit like working a crossword puzzle. In an uncertain world, there's something comforting about getting numbers to line up … [Read more...]
During a solar eclipse, the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth and temporarily blocks our view of the Sun. The Sun is furiously pumping away, emanating warmth and symbolizing spiritual and creative power to beat the band. Then along comes the Moon, who instead of reflecting the Sun’s light back to Earth, jealously hoards it all for herself. At the solar eclipse, … [Read more...]
