Quite an observer of the human condition
“Energy and persistence conquer all things.” Benjamin Franklin
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Importance of the Natal Chart
“The horoscope provides an inventory at birth of the individual’s potential in tendencies, mental capacities, physical endowments. And it shows how and when he can best proceed to use what he has.” A Time for Astrology Jess Stearn “We each have blessings and shortcomings. A life well-lived will demonstrate shortcomings circumvented and blessings magnified.” MZ
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The Sunday Funnies
We three here at Write Up The Road have become increasingly dismayed at the demoralizing news which is pouring forth from our family members, fellow citizens and our cherished nation as we all struggle to maintain some semblance of continuing our lives. We remember Sunday afternoons years ago when the family got together in the
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Lovely
“A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.” Roald Dahl, “The Twits”
Hana
Emily Dickinson, writing about a flower: Except to Heaven, she is nought; Except for Angels, lone; Except to some wide-wandering Bee, A flower superfluous blown. Except for winds, provincial; Except by Butterflies, Unnoticed as a single dew That on the Acre lies. The smallest Housewife in the grass, Yet take her from the
More Shop Talk
(Another in a continuing series of anecdotes and observations about the writing game.) Thomas Merton was recommended to me by two people when I was floundering. I read his autobiography, Seven Storey Mountain, and I even visited the monastery where he lived (though he had long since passed). He was an accomplished writer and young
New month and new challenge
Although not as far-reaching as the Saturn-Pluto conjunction in Capricorn which is just finishing, Mars assuming a retrograde position in Aries in September will make its mark. Mars will be retrograde September 9 to November 13, 2020. And this means? You’ll need to sit down and carefully examine multiple aspects of your life. Do you
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Just Out from Nude Erections
My book of poems. Hooray For parents who name their daughters Desiree! She said neurosis; I thought she said blue roses. Not so much poetry as air hockey prose And although I hope by Sunday to come to It’s not really my place or in my power To make those kinds of dreams come true.
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America’s Sweetheart
The bus driver on the bluebonnet route To the gingerbread clinic Has a face like the big flower That squirted when you tried to smell it That I wore on my clown prince costume When I skated all over the world In Holiday on Ice. Here’s me with America’s Sweetheart. The one who almost
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