Though it is still really cold in Boston and the ground is covered with snow, tomorrow is the first day of Spring. It is possible to cast an astrological chart for a moment in time, such as the Spring Equinox, which has relevance both collectively and personally. The symbols in the chart convey messages about… [Continue reading]
Climate Change, Current Events and Culture
Attack on Innocence
Tomorrow afternoon it will be a week since the bombing of the Boston Marathon on Monday April 15th. Friday April 20th was a warm windy day in Boston, sun mixed with skittering clouds, and we were ordered to stay in our houses with our doors locked. It felt surreal and painful, to witness through the… [Continue reading]
Go Make a Ruckus
The law of synchronicity was alive and well this morning as I lay in bed listening to a fascinating conversation on the radio. Krista Tippett interviewed Seth Godin, an internet thought leader, innovator, and author who has recently written a new book, The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly?, which I read for hours on a… [Continue reading]
Coming to Our Senses
This morning I tuned into my very favorite radio program “On Being”, which describes itself as a “spacious conversation” about “the big questions at the center of human life”. Host Krista Tippett interviewed Jon Kabat-Zinn about the role of mindfulness in our lives, which he defined as becoming intimate with the core of our own being. (In… [Continue reading]
What Will It Take?
My youngest recently graduated from elementary school. I live in a town in the Boston area called Newton, which is 144 miles away from Newtown in Connecticut. The difference between Newton and Newtown is one letter. I am in a state of shock, grief and rage over the slaughter of innocent children and teachers yesterday.… [Continue reading]