By Carole Cherry and Ralph and Lahni DeAmicis of PlanetaryCalendar.com As Spring begins, we have Mercury and Venus both Retrograde, so personal issues and communication may become a little frustrating, particularly if this impacts personal Planets for you or someone you’re close to or trying... Continue
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By Will Shonbrun So, there I was, just going along, minding my own business when all of a sudden I was having a stroke, although I had no idea of that happening. I was simply having lunch at Hacienda and next thing I knew I... Continue
Despite the fact that the world is not like it at all, people prefer to live in a deterministic reality of fixed objects where clock time governs and events are predictable. Accordingly, our systems of logic - grammars of subject, object, and verb - assign... Continue
One need not be a media expert to know that cyberspace is full of commentary from countless upset people who have run out of alphabet in the process of getting a lot off their chests while going out of their minds. To say that He/Him/Her/It/They/Them/Their/Who... Continue
On October 10, 2008, during the closing days of a presidential campaign that was slipping away from him, John McCain was addressing a town hall meeting in Lakeville, Minnesota when a middle-aged woman told him she was scared of Barack Obama because, “he’s an Arab.”... Continue
Eat Nutria – not? No, Nutria is not an artificial sweetener, or a new meal delivery company. It is a rodent species, called Nutria. Apparently, these rodents, known as Swamp Rats and a gustatory delicacy in Louisiana, are eating native plants and crops, burrowing through... Continue
By Seth Dolinsky Sonoma Valley’s rich agricultural tradition has evolved since Europeans seized the land some 200 years ago. While food farming once played a significant role in the local economy, it has diminished in recent years as wine grapes have taken reign, along with... Continue
The modern corporation had its beginnings in maritime law. In an era when global trade and exploration were dependent upon sailing ships and the monarchy of European nations, merchant capitalism arose to fill a monetary gap that governments couldn’t muster and introduced the concept of... Continue
As astrologically uneventful as February was, March wants all the attention, and it’s filled with events. A Total Lunar Eclipse on the 13th, then a Partial Solar Eclipse on the 29th. The two weeks between will be emotionally complex and potentially difficult. Check where they... Continue
That round ball above our necks called the brain is a hazardous, complex machine. We all have different parts inside it, some of us manage them better than others. I can assure you though – the inner tyrant is in us all. You might paste... Continue