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Spring, Healing, New Beginnings

Spring! Late spring now. It’s well established, where I live. In early spring here, there is still snow. Brave little snowdrop and crocuses do appear, sometimes pushing through earth, newly visible in spots between snow, sometimes pushing…
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You Never Stop Growing

In this month where the theme is supposed to be love and pleasure, I am going to start by talking about abuse and woundedness. I have set aside the post I had intended for this week in order to use this one. It feels right. (For those of you…
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Tarot and Self-Care

As is not uncommon with menopausal women, I struggle with insomnia. I can fall asleep, no problem; I just don't reliably stay asleep. As a result, many days I function adequately, but not optimally. Afternoons are droopy, and evenings non-existent.…
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Feelings and Decision-making

I began life with a strong prejudice in the direction of logical rationality. Ok, I didn’t begin it there. I am quite sure I was as emotion-and-ego-driven a two-year-old as any other. But as long as I’ve capable of thinking about what I’m…
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On Being ‘Old’

"Oh, you're not old!" I'm ringing my purchases through at the local pharmacy. The sweet young thing at the till, probably a teenager, strenuously objects to some casual remark I'd made about being old. She thinks she's being kind…