Astrology of Now: Narrative/Counter-Narrative

Three married sisters from Bradford — in their early thirties and with nine children between them — have run away to join ISIS in Syria. The British media has twisted itself into a pretzel trying to fit this story into a palatable narrative. The women were “brainwashed”, “radicalised”, “duped” even. The husbands, left behind, are “very emotional”, “bewildered”. The community is “shocked”. They were a “quiet” family. Apparently, the authorities are at fault for “failing to stop the women” and not helping the families track them down. The words used have become familiar: the community is always shocked, no one […]

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I Wasn’t Expecting That…

A DIY transit post…Warning- it’s long… So anyways, for better or for worse, most of us are attached to the way things are. It’s why we stay in jobs and relationships that are so long past their use by date…

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John Steinbeck’s Three-way Split

I split myself into three people. I know what they look like. One speculates and one criticizes and the third tries to correlate. It usually turns out to be a fight but out of it comes the whole week’s work. And it is carried on in my mind in dialogue. It’s an odd experience. Under such circumstances it might be one of those schizophrenic symptoms but as a working technique, I do not think it is bad at all. – John Steinbeck John Steinbeck’s clean, spare prose is pared right down. Every writer needs an inner editor and the nerve […]

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Sexy Summer Solstice Spell

My delectable friend Sofia Facebook’d me this morning…Y’know the pomegranate ritual? It’s too effective. I’ve been celibate for 10 months; is there something or a ritual to do to reverse it? PLEASE say yes! I created The pomegranate ritual because using shimmery sexual chemistry as a qualifying factor for a partner, which while good at attracting a partner […]

Gemini New Moon: Fresh Air

As a young school girl, I remember looking forward to this time of year. School was out and summer break beckoned: A three month stint of lazing by the pool, playing with friends, camping trips, trips to visit relatives and plenty of time to whittle away at my Nancy Drew book collection. Mostly I looked […]

Tuesday Toolbox: Lesson 3

So anyways, how did you go with last weeks mini lesson? Week before last, before our mini diversion, we ended up with our chart divided neatly into 4 quarters- each containing 3 houses. We’d even given the main dividing lines a…

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