Moon Mondays: Take out the head-trash 

Moon Mondays: Take out the head-trash 

Are you fretting over Mercury going retrograde yesterday? Does it feel like the last thing you need right now is more stress — tech glitches, distractions, misunderstandings? Is the world about to finally succumb to complete chaos?  Humanity feels like it’s lost its...
Moon Mondays: Don’t let the raspberries rot

Moon Mondays: Don’t let the raspberries rot

Crazy as it sounds, I used to buy precious organic raspberries — the good ones, that cost extra — and then let them rot in my fridge. Why? Because they felt too special. I was unconsciously saving them for an imaginary rainy day, awaiting the perfect raspberry-eating...
Moon Mondays: Descent into fall 

Moon Mondays: Descent into fall 

Standing atop Tiehack last weekend, I was taken by autumn’s hush — the beauty that follows the blaze. Dispersed of the all-hailed foliage, the sunstruck yellows and striking reds, abundant from our drought-turned-monsoon harvest, the season now reveals a nuanced...
Moon Mondays: Boundaries don’t make you a jerk

Moon Mondays: Boundaries don’t make you a jerk

I watch too much TV. I stream way more than I want. I love to read, and as a writer, I could argue, I need to read more. But at the end of a busy day, I numbingly plop down with my iPad. It’s been bugging me for years, but have I changed this annoying habit with any...
Moon Mondays: If it ain’t woke, fix it

Moon Mondays: If it ain’t woke, fix it

In my very first university class, I read “The Feminine Mystique,” and it cracked something wide open in me. Suddenly, I woke up and could see sexism everywhere. It was like a spiritual awakening that expanded my fledgling female world.   Unintentionally, I’d landed...
Moon Mondays: Falling into an astrology trap

Moon Mondays: Falling into an astrology trap

Happy autumnal equinox! Now, you can finally say fall is here — yesterday was still summer. Today, the sun enters Libra, the marker astronomers and astrologers use to signal the shift of the seasons. The equinox is one of only two days each year when the sun rises...
Moon Mondays: The cool kids and the cosmos

Moon Mondays: The cool kids and the cosmos

Even now, upperclassmen can still make me feel like I’m back in high school — awkward, nerdy, and definitely not one of the “cool kids.” I suddenly find myself slipping back into teenage insecurities. Not good enough. Not fitting in. Total weirdo — into stuff no one...
Moon Mondays: Through the eclipse portal

Moon Mondays: Through the eclipse portal

Hiking up the back side of Smuggler, I came across two, nervous-looking, Italian twin sisters. Worried about running into bears, I assured them they were safe — as we know, it’s relatively common to see a bear but beyond rare to be attacked by one.  Fears assuaged, we...