Mainstream media’s distortion of their true meaning certainly hasn’t helped. Certain tarot cards are guaranteed to show up in books, movies, and TV shows that have a tarot card reading scene. These cards are Death, the Devil, and the Tower. More often than not, they are used to foretell the…

Actually, it didn’t take nearly as long as I thought it would once I started writing. Duh! — I joined Medium back in 2018 when I heard it was a place you could make money from your writing. At the time, I was running around like a chicken with its head cut off trying to find ways to make some extra cash since my monthly Social Security payments…

It sure as heck felt like one. — Hey, I may be wrong. All of the earthquake monitoring systems seem to think so. Here’s what happened yesterday morning (1/20/2023). I’m sitting up in bed, deep in meditation. General Meow is at my feet, snoozing away. All of a sudden, Bam! …

Or anyone else for that matter — Like many fiber arts, crocheting is a sedentary endeavor. We sit sometimes for hours at a time, indulging in our love affair with hook and yarn. But sitting for long periods of time can lead to health consequences like weight gain, diabetes, and dementia to name a few, that we…

No lie. I’ve been doing it for 40+ years, so I oughta know. — The idea for this article came to me the other morning when I took my blood pressure before and after my daily meditation session. I’ve had pretty good blood pressure for most of my life, averaging around 117–120/75–77. But it has crept up as I’ve gotten older. …

Dad thought I had lost my mind, and I know Mom was looking down from heaven, shaking her head. Being born and raised in Washington, DC, you come to realize at some point growing up that the Federal Government is the biggest employer in the region. These jobs were highly…

Especially when you know how to navigate them Here we go again. Another Mercury Retrograde is upon us (12/29/22 through 1/18/23). You’ve probably seen a lot of negative astrological hype about this approximately three-week period when Mercury APPEARS to be moving backwards in the sky. Some astrologer friends of mine…