Author Archives: Andrea

When things unravel and fall apart in your hands

My vest and tie

This morning I’m sewing a vest that I’ve designed and the fabric is a beautiful chiffon that is very fragile to work with.  I have to hem the edge as soon as I cut it, or else it unravels easily.  I have friends like that, too.  No matter how gently I handle them, they can fall apart in my hands if I’m not careful.  I used to walk on eggs with them, staying careful.  Now I steer clear and everyone is happier.  So why sew with chiffon at all? Because the result is so worth it. Kinda like that one pesky pal, you gotta decide what’s worth it and what’s not.

All the planets are ganging up in my 12th house for my birthday

My transits today 4-4-11 for DOB 4-10-52 Miami, FL 6:20am

I love playing with astrology and each year before my birthday I make time to study my chart to see how the current planetary transits might be affecting me.  Right now there is a stellium of planets in Aries, right on top of my natal planets.  Like 6 little gang members stomping into my quiet, secret 12th house, Uranus and Mars are at 1 degree Aries, Sun at 14, Jupiter at 15, Moon at 21 and Mercury at 23.  They are right next to my Venus at 0 Aries, Mercury at 11, Sun at 20, Ascendant at 25, Jupiter at 25.  They all oppose my Libra planets Moon 21, Saturn 20, Neptune 20 in 6th house, where I see Saturn is right now at 13 degrees.  Whoa say the non-astrologers — what does that all mean?  For me, born April 10, 1952, it means there is a lot of subsconscious activity, a lot of activity brewing behind the scenes, and a whole lot of thinking going on.

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Good things fall apart so better things can fall together

Good things fall apart so better things can fall together.  That’s true — there’s a trick to that, though.  When good things are falling apart, you have to look at them and remind yourself they are falling apart to make room for something better.  Then look everywhere for evidence of that “something better.”  If good things fall apart and you start thinking it will only get worse, if you start collecting evidence of that, well, we always find what we look for.  So when your world starts crumbling around you, that is merely past momentum catching up with you and making a clean sweep.  I’d suggest it’s also the time to clear up your past, do some serious introspection and forgiveness work and get your Ho’oponopono on.  Then get excited that good things are on the way and better times are to be had.  Look for evidence of that everywhere.  The best is yet to be.

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Dear Andrea, are things going to get better?

Dear Andrea:  All I hear about is how bad our country is (unemployment, health care, education etc.)  My Dad and Husband died in the last 4 years from long standing illnesses and each was a nightmare.  It seems like people don’t care about people anymore and it sounds like it will only get worse.  I can’t get a job, my son and daughter are single parents and can’t get jobs either we are all living together. I am really starting to get scared for our future and our country.  Are things going to get better? What is your feeling about this?  I have been reading your blog almost everyday lately I feel this connection to you.  I know you have had a lot of loss also.  I had this strange need to write to you.  Please tell me is this country going to be ok?   I feel like we all need to take a stand and do something !!! Pray more I just don’t know anymore–Thanks, Domino Continue reading →

I take a Joy ride and make a vest pattern

Yesterday I went for a morning adventure with galpal Joy Walker.  We left early and took a ride to Cocoa Village where we dropped the April 2011 Horizons Magazine off to Owl Visions and What You Love To Do.   Then we went to Kohl’s in Viera where I bought a teeshirt vest.  I can’t recall the last time I went shopping with a girlfriend, maybe a dozen years or more ago, but it was fun and we were killing time until her van was ready at the shop.  Joy lives around the corner from me and she’s one of my closest friends.  We know how much time to spend with each other and we know when it’s time to split, also.  I joked on Facebook that she said she doesn’t want to join because she’s not interested in reading what I cooked for lunch or what my cats are doing.  She’s got me pegged!  Joy and I have similar tastes.  We both liked the teeshirt vest and knew we could make a similar one ourselves.  I woke up the next morning and cut the pattern and I had exactly enough brown paper and scotch tape to make one for each of us.  I’ll keep you posted.

I can have it all, without depriving anyone else

My experience is it’s possible to create a happy and plentiful world around me, without stepping on anyone else’s toes to get there.  There’s more than enough good to go around, I just have to look for it.  I look for good, I find it. It’s like what galpal Terri Mermis says about money: “Money is as abundant as air, no one limits it but yourself. If there is not enough, go where there is more. You would not stay in a room with no air, what keeps you from going to find more, it’s out there, go find it and keep on task until you do. Works for everything, not just money.”

Prayer Ceremony for Water in Fukushima Thursday March 31st Noon Bicentennial Park Beach in Indian Harbour Beach

From galpal  Janine Chimera:  Can you stop for a moment in your day tomorrow, Thursday, March 31st? We will gather at Bicentennial Park Beach in Indian Harbor Beach ….. briefly, at noon….. to do as Dr. Masaru Emoto is calling for. The situation in Japan is and will continue to affect ALL of us. Our waters our precious….. they sustain life. Do you believe that thought and love can create changes? If you cannot join us, I invite you to stop where you are for a moment and join in spirit with the same words and intentions. If you come, feel free to stay and meditate or play an instrument or whatever that will bring positive, loving energy. Share this post if you feel drawn to.  Thanks. Continue reading →

A longtime buddy blocks me on Facebook over politics

blockedI’ve got a real life friend I’ve known since the mid 80’s.  We mostly talk about nature or yard stuff or music or the day’s surf or good times from back in the day.  We reconnected after several years’ absence. Most recently he’s got a galpal who doesn’t approve of our friendship so we mostly interact via Facebook. That was where I discovered a side of him I hadn’t seen the 25 years I’ve known him. That was where I learned Domino had become a conservative Republican and stayed glued to Fox News all day, believed what they  said and actively touted it on FB.  I don’t mind when friends have their own opinions, but I don’t need their propaganda plastered on MY Facebook wall.    Continue reading →