Hudson Valley Astrologer

“My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh Personal belongings are a funny thing! Why would we attach any emotion to a personal object, much less hold an object as somehow “dear,” or existentially significant? Years ago I was working with a Jungian psychologist…

“The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.” ~ Anonymous A project that consumes me, and makes me feel perhaps a little like Noah must have felt building his ark, is the development of a learning guide for astrology students. I am in…

“A house without books is like a room without windows.” ~ Heinrich Mann I have a collection of astrology books, many of which just showed up in a box one day. It was my good fortune that a fellow student decided to pursue another path and was in the process of clearing out her old…

“It’s getting hot in here, so hot, so take off all your clothes” ~ Nelly Hahaha! How do I feel about cold weather? I feel fucking cold! But not always. The more cardio I do, the better my blood flow, the less cold weather bothers me. Back when “PRs” were a thing and my wife…

“The reward of a thing well done is having done it.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson The main difficulty I have had finding a work-life balance has always been my insistence of “putting one foot in two canoes.” A good friend puts it this way, “dude you have so many pieces plates spinning.” People who are…

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” ~ Albert Einstein We were only a mile from home, tooling around the neighborhood all day on our Schwinn bicycles, the really cool ones with banana seats. Mine was turquoise blue equipped with all the appropriate regalia to make it even…

“Sometimes when you sacrifice something precious, you’re not really losing it. You’re just passing it on to someone else.” ~ Mitch Albom I grew up in up state New York during the tail end of the twentieth century. My mom who is 93 came over today to watch the Mets game, but she is an…

“She had ‘em! She had ‘em! She had a pair of BVDs.She wore ‘em, she wore ‘emShe wore ‘em downbelow her knees.She wore ‘em in the springtimeShe wore ‘em in the falland when she went out on a dateShe didn’t wear ‘em at allOh, she had ‘emShe had ‘emShe had a pair of BVDs ~…

“A leader . . . is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.” ~ Nelson Mandel Good leaders follow! Leadership is not necessarily about pioneering, or cutting a path through a virgin…

“Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit.” ~ James Allen Today’s prompt asks me to “list” my favorite fruits: Strawberries have been at the top of the list my entire life. Next, are blueberries which I just wrote about in my post The Best Blueberry Pancakes, and the experience begs the question…