Did you see how big and bright Venus was last night, low in the western sky? Venus entered Scorpio today, can you feel it? On Sept 18, Venus, Saturn and the North Node are side by side, so between Sept 15-21 you’ll have that needed push to end unhealthy relationships. It could be that the most toxic relationship of all is between you and your OLD self talk.  Isn’t it time?

On December 21, 2009,  I posted on Facebook: Sitting on my 80-something uncle’s front porch, rocking in our chairs, he asked me, “don’t you want someone to sit with at the end of the day, just to watch the sun go down and drink tea with?” Sure I do, I said, it’s the other 23 hours a day maintenance that is too big a price to pay.  I realize only now at 61 that not all partners require heavy maintenance.  In youth, I always had a lot going on at once and if someone wasn’t able to run on autopilot, I didn’t have much patience for them. I loved all my partners and they were perfect at the time and we’re friends to this day. But I realize now that when you find The One, it doesn’t have to require heavy maintenance. Everything can just flow. Everything can be easy. Everything can be fascinating yet familiar. All the puzzle pieces can fit into place in every way imaginable. I used to consider that a romantic myth. I am a skeptic and I don’t believe anything I haven’t experienced firsthand. Everything I know is always subject to change upon evolution of my consciousness.

Those playing “dark” roles do so in order to help the rest of us make the changes needed for our collective growth.  Example: I see Hitler as a Sacred Villain that ultimately helps the rest of us make the changes needed for our collective growth.  That is a sacred and painful contract to fulfill. IMHO.  Armand Della Volpe

“I would love you even if you were just a head with no body.”
“WTF?”

All I had to do was open the door.

I just realized a pal lives a block away

A friend’s boyfriend just proposed. He owes two baby mamas years’ worth of child support and he’s still married to the wife he abandoned 3 years ago. My friend is smitten so she makes excuses for him. She knows she’s the one to change him. Ah, youth! Ask yourself how does a grown man get to the place where he has absolutely no friends in the world but you?   I don’t care what anyone does but since I hear all the stories, I see the patterns. I like everyone to know how Universal all stories are. You’re never the only one going through something. I might not want to go hiking if someone told me ahead of time how rocky the terrain was, so I like a heads up from those who’ve walked that way before me.  On Facebook I got some insightful responses:   Continue reading →

My repaired screen

A pal was going to replace the raccoon-torn screen in the back porch door, but I beat him to it. I also pulled the ripped screen out of the 36×75 frame for the sliding glass door, breaking the lightweight frame in the process. Tomorrow it’s off to Home Depot. I love when the weather cools off, because it motivates me to work around the yard and around the house.  I love being outdoors when the weather is nice and the misquitoes are at bay. I love the sounds of the outside, the crickets, the birds, the cicadas.  I especially love to hear the outside sounds at night, especially our evening showers, they lull me right to sleep.