SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): If at some future time you sell your life ( Read more... )

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Here's the first thing you need to know about the current state of your destiny: "Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night." That message comes to you from poet Rainer Maria Rilke. Here's the second piece of wisdom ( Read more... )

Today is my birthday. I'm 42. It's been a low-key day, which has been nice. A snowstorm was predicted for last night, so yesterday I went ahead and put in for vacation today. I'm glad I did. Snow fell until late morning, and it looks like about least 3 inches is on the ground. It was nice to look out the windows this morning, watching the snow ( Read more... )

"I like to live in the sound of water ( Read more... )

As a former (if poor) Latin student, I'm loving this week's horoscope from Rob Brezsny. My favorite is: Sane ego te vocavi. Forsitan apedictum tuum desit. (I did call. Maybe your answering machine is broken ( Read more... )

I am nervous. Last night was full restless dreams in which I was trying to remember how to do Persian dancing. Gaaah ( Read more... )

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Poet William Carlos Williams said his creative technique could be summed up in the phrase, "No ideas but in things." He wanted to see the world as it really was, without imposing theories about what anything meant. In the essay "Rucksack Poetry: How Haiku Found a Home in America," Andrew Schelling captures Williams' ( Read more... )

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): One of my readers, Native American Ruth McLeod, reports that she has never mentioned the Easter Bunny to her young kids. Instead, she tells them about the Easter Coyote, the fun-loving, mischief-making spirit of spring whose job it is to hide goodies and play tricks, thereby lightening people's moods and getting them ( Read more... )

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In a couple of weeks it will make sense ( Read more... )

My horoscope from Rob BrezsnySAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Your soul's epic journey is in the midst ( Read more... )