Dear Friend and Reader: We can count everything happening now as the Pluto return of the United States. Though it technically starts in 2022 and extends a few years, we are presently in the vortex of this once per 248 years event. Current circumstances are, due to the rarity of this aspect, much more meaningful … Read more
Mercury stationed direct overnight Wednesday to Thursday, aligned with the Leo New Moon. To my eye and ear, this represents a turning point in the year, and in particular, the end of a phase associated with the Mars transits of spring and early summer. This was an especially tumultuous phase for many people; I noticed … Read more
“Only the small child and the artist have that immediacy of approach that permits perception of the environmental. The artist provides us with anti-environments that enable us to see the environment.” — Marshall McLuhan, 1965 Dear Friend and Reader: My (so far) four-year swan dive into advanced media studies began with a single comment I made … Read more
Dear Friend and Reader: I’m back a little early from my break with a note about a topic that I think needs to be focused and given some language. I’m aware that a good few people are going through rough times right now, on the psychological, spiritual or emotional levels. They are all related; we … Read more
Dear Friend and Reader: Before I visited Buchenwald, I visited Ilvers Gehoffen. Everyone has seen photos of concentration camps, but you would not recognize this one. It’s set in a neighborhood outside Erfurt, where the Holocaust is said to have begun. I know there are several places this is claimed to have happened, though the … Read more