What do you do when you’re at your wits’ end? You step outside and howl. You howl for a front-line worker who died in a car wreck on her way to work. For your dog that’s about to be put down. For your wedding that had to be cancelled. For your grandma who died of the virus. You howl through divorce and your daughter’s first heartbreak. You howl for others, but also for … [Read more...]
Watercolor by Isobel Lillian Gloag The times are urgent. We must slow down.” –African proverb. What are you doing these days to stay relaxed and connected? Lately I’ve been taking afternoon siestas in the garden (when it’s not raining), where I created a sitting area. Stretching out my bare legs in the warm sun, I close my eyes and release all tension as the songbirds lull … [Read more...]
This time of worldwide illness and quarantine is frustrating beyond belief. But it has also proved to be an incubator for creative collaborations – from teenagers shopping for elderly neighbors to people rescuing foster pets at drive-through shelters. And, things can happen quickly when motivation is keen. For instance, manufacturing mastermind James Dyson recently got a call … [Read more...]
A new season is upon us and all of nature is coming back to life. The March 19 Equinox marks a fresh start. Yet here we are in the midst of a pandemic, trapped in our homes, insecure about our physical and financial well-being. It’s a strange state of affairs, triggered by a “perfect storm” of influences such as the recent retrograde of Mercury in foggy Pisces, reactivated now … [Read more...]
Sometimes it’s hard to know which end is up. We’re living in a time of hype and fear-mongering, especially over the last few weeks with Mercury retrograde in fuzzy-headed Pisces (it has now backtracked briefly into Aquarius, where it turns direct on March 9). The latest virus scare is a good example. Around 100,000 Americans die each year from hospital-acquired infections. Yet … [Read more...]
