Miss 15 is doing work experience at the local chiropractor’s this week. She’s learned more about the human body in three days than she has this year in science at school. Anyways, as I dropped her off today, my car…Read more →
Author: Jo Tracey
Something about candy crush, slow cooking and a football game…
I’m over my Candy Crush addiction. It’s the chocolate that’s done it. Once you get to level 50 something the chocolate squares start invading. They fill up the board, swallowing all the other lollies and blocking off your only moves.…Read m…
Something about making the Gatsby Great…
I saw Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby last night. Despite mixed reviews from people who are supposed to know about these things, I loved it. The word I used to describe it was Stupendous. It was. If you’re interested in…Read more →
Something about Venus in Cancer, Neptune retrograde & full tummies…
Miss 15 is doing work experience next week. It’s an opportunity for kids to road test different careers. All she knows is that she doesn’t want to work in an office. That’s fine- she has plenty of time. Anyways, she…Read more →
Imagine…
I’ve (half) joked in the past that I have the worst possible Mercury in history. I’ve taught myself how to, I guess, overcome it in order to cope and succeed in normal society. I’ve even managed to hold down and…Read more →
Dumb Things…
Navigating Neptune Transits “Your ego’s job isn’t to serve you. Its only job is to keep itself in power. And right now, your ego’s scared to death cuz it’s about to get downsized. You keep up this spiritual path, baby,…Read more →
This is how it feels…
Think about the last time you had your heart broken. Or even the last time somebody hurt you or upset you or took you for granted. How did you react? Did you confront that person? Did you talk to them…Read more →
Synchronicity…
The thing about chaos is if you look really really closely at the randomness patterns appear. Sam Seaborn said that on The West Wing. Just lately, I’m seeing these patterns clearly. I’m more aware of, and I hate this word,…Read more →
Something about being full, empty or room for more…
“In the long run the pessimist may be proven right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip.” ~Daniel L. Reardon This is a perfect quote for todays energy. Over in Gemini we have Jupiter and Mercury still…Read more →
something about words…lots of words…
So I’m back on the submission treadmill. Each submission to a publisher requires yet another query letter, another bio and another synopsis. Some publishers like to see one chapter, others want to see 3 chapters, while yet another will want…Rea…