Newsletter 29/8/10

What a gorgeous weekend! I ventured into the garden on Saturday and very quickly ventured back out again. My husband tells me that I need to plan properly what I need to get done- which is his way of:
 

Putting off the work- he knows how rarely I am …

Daily Planets Monday 30/8/10

I have been thinking about bucket lists an awful lot lately. I don’t know whether that is because of the whole age thing (I still have problems saying the 4 prefix before my age & I am 3 years into it!) or whether it is because I am just in a…

LeCarre outs James Bond as "neo-fascistic"

A few months ago I picked up my tattered, yellowed paperback copy of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and happily reread it. The last time must have been over 20 years ago. Even yellowed, the drama kept its grim sparkle intact.So when I heard that author John LaCarre, former MI5 and MI6 agent for Britain back in the day, had outed Ian Fleming’s character James Bond as not really a spy but "

Daily Planets Sunday 29/8/10

What a gorgeous day!
When the Sun is in Virgo, a girls mind strays into the mundane and the earthy. In keeping with this spirit, I ventured into the wilds of the backyard this afternoon to see just how much needs to be done. OMG do I have some work to …

Astrology: Dueling Rallies in DC – Beck v Sharpton 8.28.10

If you’ve been in a cave lately you may have missed the news of two rallies being held in Washington DC tomorrow, August 28, one to mark the 47th anniversary of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr’s I Have a Dream speech which was delivered at the Lincoln Memorial and which will be led by former civil rights activist Al Sharpton and the other led by erstwhile Obama opponents, FOX News and its prevailing