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CODE NAME: DOLORES From Bogotá. AUSTIN You want to talk to Grandma? Austin wants to talk to you, Grandma. VALENTINA Her heart is in storage in another state. YOUNG LORDS Bhavik, Nahee, Yeseul, and Ziyang. LIKE KARL MARX IN INDIANAPOLIS Petey pooped his pants. LAI YI, ROOPA, AND YEHWAN Sinners. JOE STARK They all knew […]
So you think the Moon’s transits have no effect on you personally? How about when the Moon is in your Second House and you feel truly poverty-stricken for those two or three days a month? The days when you catch yourself saying, “I can’t afford it,” when you know that’s one of the worst negative
Claude Monet, 1908 “The Palazzo Contarini” in Venice, Italy, on the Grand Canal Water, whether audible or not, is generally quite soothing to the human spirit and calming to the anxious mind. Allow yourself respite.
From the Preface to “Lords of the Housetops” Thirteen Cat Tales c. 1921 Now the cat, independent, liberty-loving, graceful, strong, resourceful, dignified, and self-respecting, has a psychology essentially feline, which has few points of contact with human psychology. The cat does not rescue babies from drowning or say his prayers in real life; consequently any
I DON’T WRITE A LOT OF PERSONAL POEMS ABOUT SUFFERING I don’t suffer much. BUT WHEREVER I AM It’s always after five. VAGINAL DISCHARGE MAKES ME UNCOMFORTABLE Any kind of discharge, really. Egest from any source. But that’s about it. THERE WAS A BLACK FRIDAY SALES EVENT GOING ON But I wasn’t ready for my
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“There is something out there. Astrology is like a game of chess with an invisible partner. We set out the board and the rules, make a move, and then find that the pieces are moving themselves, as if by an invisible hand.” – Noel Tyl, renowned astrologer; author of over 30 books on astrology including
Perhaps you’ll have a moment to write someone a card or a short letter. Your correspondence will be treasured and saved, for more than any sixty seconds. Guaranteed.
If you’re needing a winter project, to take your mind off the snow and ice outside, why not consider writing down all the neat, cute, impossible, riotous, clowning, neck-breaking feats your cat has managed over the years? And think of this – if you’re keeping a diary or journal about your cat, when your feline
LIKE SO MANY OF US I remember at one time thinking. GET HEALTHY I thought yeah. THE THING ITSELF I like. I don’t like Sorts of things. YOU KNOW It’s funny. NO NO NO That’s what I mean. AND THEN Oh yeah. YEP I know. AND I SAID Right. I know. Exactly. NO I’M JUST
It’s not an annual occurrence, dear readers, but as the stars mark their courses, we mortals sometimes feel we experience a ‘glitch’ in the system. This special column is to alert you to one of those glitches, in that 2022 contains not the usual three Mercury Retrogrades … but four. However, don’t despair –