The night kissed the fading day with a whisper: I am death, your mother, from me you will get new life.” — Life After Death: The Book of Answers Tonight the year exhales. Marigolds glow like little suns, guiding our steps across the dark. Children laugh behind painted masks, pumpkins open like...

Also known as: Hay, Buffalo Herb, Lucerne, Purple Medic, or SanfoinFamily: FabaceaeOrigin: South-central AsiaTraditional, purported, and contemporary uses: (“Hay,” you say? “Is this a gardening and plant guide for cows? Are you actually suggesting that alfalfa might have uses for we human sorts as well?” Yes, in fact, that heavy,...

Dear Readers, The presence of increasingly higher resonating energy, as well as the growing number of individuals now awakening on Earth, is causing familiar concepts to change or dissolve completely. Many well-established and accepted three-dimensional beliefs about everything will automatically fade away as the collective awakens simply because they...

Perfect weather these days for being out and about, and I’m seeing lots of white people. It’s snowbird season. Last year, the Canadian men were identifiable by their Tommy Bahama island shirts. This year, it’s something called the ‘muscle shirt.’ A step up from ‘wife beater.’ T-shirts with the sleeves...

Prologue She came to the end of herself— not in a chapel, not in the stained-glass sliver of someone else’s faith, but in the hollow silence after the storm had swallowed everything she thought she knew. She did not find God in a book but in the silence between words,...

Ever wake up and realize…the spark that usually gets you out of bed is suddenly on vacation? Not the "I need coffee" slump — I'm talking about the "where's my mojo" moment… and why does my vision board look like it belongs to someone else? Sound familiar? If so - Congratulations —...

Also known as: Jasminum sambac Family: Oleaceae (The Olive group of plants. I kid you not!) Origin: Though its name implies otherwise, it originated in India, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka. “Let’s see, it’s strikingly beautiful, has a highly fragrant, captivating scent, can be creatively used in making a...

Our beloved Marcia sent me a text – “I need your article today, you have not submitted anything this week.” Lately, I have been quite distracted, not fully aware of the day or time, but I do know the month we are currently in, which is a plus. The thought of...

No walking around town today, but a cab ride out to Las Brisas. A couple of Navy chapsinvited me to tag along on a crocodile-spotting event, and I had to meet up with thembefore sunup. Local environmentalists prophesied what would happen as a result of the expansion ofthe port of...

Old man, look at my life — I’m a lot like you were. — Neil Young When I stepped offstage, still warm with words, still ringing with the music of the moment, he met me by the exit — curious, kind, a little cautious. “My wife loves your dangerous, old-woman stuff,”...