ON THURSDAY, June 14, oil industry officials from around the world gathered at the GO EXPO (Gas and Oil Expo ’07) in Calgary, Alberta, and heard a presentation for an innovative, sustainable replacement for petroleum: a new technology called “Vivoleum.” The presenters represented themselves as executives from ExxonMobil and the National Petroleum Council (an industry organization) and … Read more
Dear Friend and Reader: Today marks the official end to my sabbatical. Thank you for a month off from weekly horoscopes, clients and those long essays. This was my first break from the weekly horoscope in five years, and I am happy to be back, with a new perspective on things. Thank you to the … Read more
Dear Friend and Reader: LAST NIGHT my friend asked me to help her deal with a black widow spider. One of the most poisonous species in North America, the critter had made her web below the step leading into the front door, and no matter how many times the web was removed, she would return. … Read more
Gemini Solar Returns, 2007 By Eric Francis Dear Gemini Friend and Reader: It would be easy to sum up Gemini birthdays this year as beginning the time of completion of Pluto in Sagittarius, a transit that has been a profound influence in your life the past dozen years. That, however, is mostly in the background, … Read more
I stopped my song and almost heart, For any eye is an evil eye That looks in onto a mood apart. – Robert Frost, A Mood Apart (1947) INITIATES and students of healing have been warned for ages not to concern themselves too much with the ways of the dark side. You learn very little, it can … Read more