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29 Dec Snow Sunday: Happy New Year to My Facebook Friends
We show up at a holiday party, and run into people we haven’t seen in months. Instead of just saying hello, I dive right in, saying how beautiful the photos of their vacation were. My husband looks at me incredulously. How did you know where...
25 Dec Second Chance 2.0: George Clooney Is Drooling Again
Kelly Goodin, executive director of Second Chance is taking a well-deserved time out for the Holly Daze. However her column is so popular, we felt her fans, gonzo dog and cat lovers, would miss their weekly fix. Hope this blog about furry friends from the...
12 Dec ALACAZEM 2013.12.12
December 12 to 19, 2013 Visible Planets: Morning: Mars, Jupiter, Saturn Evening: Venus Believing in religion is a lot like believing in fairy tales. Mystical, magical stories of heroes and heroines, impossible tasks and amazing miracles. Walking on water and virgin births, fairy godmothers, benevolent...
06 Dec ALACAZEM 2013.12.05
December 5 to 12, 2013 Visible Planets: Morning: Mars, Jupiter Evening: Venus I see the dramatically delicate crescent new Moon shining in deep turquoise twilight, hanging slightly above brilliant Venus, low in the southwestern sky. The fields are covered in snow, crystalline white, reflecting the...
28 Nov ALACAZEM 2013.11.28
November 28 to December 5, 2013 Visible Planets: Morning: Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn Evening: Venus Here we are, Thanksgiving. A time to pause, count our blessings and share our bounty. Food, friends and family; roast turkeys and pumpkin pies. Whether we stay home or...
22 Nov ALACAZEM 2013.11.21
November 21 to 28, 2013 Visible Planets: Morning: Mars, Jupiter Evening: Venus Spirited, impetuous Sagittarius follows on the heels of seductive, charismatic Scorpio, lighting fires of desire and intention spawned in the mysterious wells of soul and psyche. Scorpio is deep and dark, while Sagittarius...
15 Nov ALACAZEM 2013.11.14
November 14 to 21, 2013 Visible Planets: Morning: Mars, Jupiter Evening: Venus As the last “eclipse window” of 2013 slowly closes, I am filled with the deep, powerful emotion and down-to-earth acceptance that only a Scorpio/Taurus eclipse cycle can bring. I am reminded that feelings...
08 Nov ALACAZEM 2013.11.07
November 7 to 14, 2013 Visible Planets: Morning: Mars, Jupiter Evening: Venus The other day a girlfriend told me she mentioned to someone that her life was cracking. The response she got was “That’s a good thing, because when your life cracks, it lets the...