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ITALIAN ROAST I have kleptomania, she says. Are you taking anything for it, I ask? Student loans, she replies. SO THE MESSAGE IS HEY That wasn’t pudding. That was crème brulee. TOO BAD THAT COAT HAS REAL RABBIT FUR ON IT It’s cute. KISS THE PAST GOODBYE All the history you need to know. HEALTHY
‘Tis the season of power outages, slushy sidewalks and ear-chilling blasts of wind, or non-stop rain and dreary skies days on end. Who doesn’t visualize a vacation to someplace far removed from snow shovels and raincoats? Let’s see what appeals to the first six Sun Signs for a vacation destination – and remember to try
A butterfly, buffeted by the wind or left by some other accident with a tattered wing, is yet a living jewel – and still flying.
“I can’t look. All those delicious French fries, so good to eat and … no, I’m not supposed to beg. I shouldn’t ask for one. But I won’t get one if I don’t ask. What if I ask for one, just one, and I get TWO ? Oh, bliss. I have to ask.”
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