New Moon in Cancer / Total Solar Eclipse

I received this in an email today from my teacher and friend, Geordie Numata of Deer Spirit Reiki. The Sun/Moon/Eclipse conjunction falls in 19 deg. Cancer. The Sabian Symbol for this degree is “Venetian Gondoliers Giving  A Serenade”, which evokes a very pleasant image of gondoliers ferrying delighted passengers through the canals of Venice while […]

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Fat

A true story/poem. Our realities were so different – my tiny preferences had a dystopian twist to them for my then-husband. There were not many days after I said “I will” that did not find new odd buttons of despair – they were strange days indeed.

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small town memory

Rusty, the magic goldfish, watched the cat watching him through the fishbowl. I am uncomfortable at my job.

How do we resolve what happens to sisters?

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dollhouse fragments

“I used to love the way the room was white. White. Grandma’s room was all white. I used to imagine heaven was all white”

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how i’m feeling today

Mad Girl’s Love Song by Sylvia Plath “I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my lids and all is born again. (I think I made you up inside my head.) The stars go waltzing out in blue and red, And arbitrary blackness gallops in: I shut my eyes and all […]

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