Where Two or More Are Gathered, by Eric Francis

“Only puny secrets need protecting. Big secrets are protected by public incredulity.” — Marshall McLuhan Dear Friend and Reader: I’ve been seeing and hearing the term “conspiracy theorist” flying around, and in tonight’s letter I want to offer a few thoughts about this. The term has been coming up in the context of those who … Read more

Beyond the Thrill of Death by Eric Francis

Posted on April 26, 2020 | Link to original Dear Friend and Reader: There is a gem of a book from the early 1970s called The Lazy Man’s Guide to Enlightenment. It’s about 50 little pages in total and designed to be memorized. The purpose of the book is a trip guide. At the time, … Read more

An Earth Day Unlike Any Other by Eric Francis

Love from Upstate N.Y.: 46 minutes and 46 seconds of solitude by the Coxing http://bookofblue.com/audio/200419-coxing-Z0086.mp3 Anyone who is concerned about global warming or who despises fracking should be in love with the novel coronavirus. Dear Friend and Reader: Tonight at 10:25 pm EST is the Taurus New Moon. This is a big day for Taurus … Read more

Taurus Sun and New Moon, Saturn, Chiron, Uranus

Posted on April 20, 2020 | Link to original Dear Friend and Reader: Today the Sun entered Taurus at 10:45 am EDT. It did so toward the end of the lunar cycle; the Taurus New Moon is Earth Day — Wednesday, April 22. I’ll come back to that in a moment and develop the story … Read more