It’s been almost a week since Hurricane Dorian ravaged the Bahamas. At least 45 people are dead, hundreds are missing and some 70,000 are homeless. There is no power or running water. Aid is arriving slowly to the island of Grand Bahama, which sustained the worst damage – the kind typically seen in a war zone. Indeed, this is the latest salvo in the battle of climate change, … [Read more...]
Virgo New Moon: Kiss the Ground
My Virgo mother disliked camping almost as much as she did gardening. The dirt! The bugs! It was more than her fastidious nature could handle. Each summer, however, she’d put on her tennies and sun hat to accompany us to church camp in the local mountains – but only because there were cabins to sleep in. With the Sun, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn in Virgo, Mom displayed her … [Read more...]
Aquarius Full Moon: Widen Your World
“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” –George Eliot Many years ago, I turned down a job that would have given me an exotic, international life. I’ve often wondered what things would have been like if I had gone down that path. What fabulous country would I be living in? What wonderful creative friends might I have made? Would I have found that … [Read more...]
Leo New Moon: Open Minded and Open Hearted
Melanie Knecht was born with spina bifida and uses a wheelchair – but she still manages to pursue her life-long love for camping. Trevor Hahn became blind five years ago after contracting glaucoma, but hasn’t let it stop him from scaling tall peaks. The adventurous Fort Collins, Colorado, duo met at an adaptive boxing class. And when they ran into each other again at an … [Read more...]
Capricorn Lunar Eclipse: Hold Your Center
An aboriginal tribe had embarked on a long journey. After walking for a few days, they made camp and paused for another couple of days before moving on. When asked why they did this, one of them replied, “We need to stop and rest so that our souls can catch up with our bodies.” This story, recounted by Wayne Muller in his book Sabbath, reminds me of something Joseph Campbell … [Read more...]
