Considering my mother’s situation, I have learned something new about death. I think people imagine their passing will somehow be painless. They think they’ll die suddenly or that doctors will be able to control their pain and ease them on out. My mother is not in physical pain but she is feeling anguish. She is […]
My mother is expected to die within six months. This is a formal estimate. The woman who would know has intimated to both, Annalisa and I that she expects her to die much sooner. We still don’t know specifically what she is to die from so we are left to guess. I quit calling myself
“There are only two things I can’t stand in this world: People who are intolerant of other people’s cultures… and the Dutch.” –Nigel Powers, “Goldmember” Allergies are a reaction, a sensitivity, to agents in one’s environment. The most obvious examples of allergies are physical reactions, when particulates cause a physical reaction in the body. Sensitivity
Mars in Leo will oppose Neptune in Aquarius on November 6th, 2011. This is a tricky one. You’ll see people fight (Mars) by deceiving (Neptune). We often talk about “gaslighting” on this blog (tag) and that is one form of this. I’m talking about being tricked into your own self-doing or even tricking yourself into
I don’t care who you are, eventually you are going to hit a difficult period in your life. You’re simply going to have to pass through some kind of keyhole. It might be akin to crossing a field of fire. It might be a lonely period where it feels as if you’re floating on some
“I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.” –Confucius Juno is just moving out of its conjunction with Saturn, following the Sun to the end of Libra. The Sun is newly in Scorpio and Wednesday Juno leaves Libra for Scorpio. This week has been the last push for
