Tell me something good.
It’s human nature to seek pleasure and avoid pain. Nobody wants to feel bad, or go through difficult situations. I have been an astrologer for more than half of my life now, so it’s hard for me to remember what it was like before I knew about planetary cycles that were likely to bring challenges that required adjustment and change, but I imagine that it is pretty confusing. Life is going great, and then all of a sudden here comes a curve ball and suddenly I’m feeling depressed for apparently no […]
Yesterday I played some music for a community event called “Death and Cupcakes,” an exploration of the expression of grief. Although there were a few men in the group, it was the women who shared their stories. One whose husband died from ALS and struggles for her children to find a way forward after this devastating loss. One whose son died a few years ago and seeks to find a ritual to remember him on the third anniversary of his death. One who struggles with “anticipatory grief” knowing that someone she loves 
Last night I went to a birthday party for someone I have known for over 30 years, since I first moved to North Carolina. A large group of us that were involved in the same meditation group relocated to North Carolina at the same time, but because I left that group in the mid-1980s there were quite a few people I haven’t seen for many years, so there were people at this party that I hadn’t seen for years.
