The Garden is Always With Us

I have given in to temptation and hired some help with the garden. I tore a tendon in my shoulder a few weeks ago and an old leg injury from years before has flared up just when I need to be out there with spade and rake. This seemed to be a sign to me to back off from the garden and let someone with more muscle power at it. So now we have Joel out there working away and seeming to enjoy himself; well he keeps showing up. He's bringing order to my little chaotic corner of the Universe. I feed him well and keep him supplied with cups of tea and so far so good. The time appears to be right to forgo the lure of vegetables and their high maintenance ways and turn to flowers instead. The neighbours will thank me when they realize the curse of the unwanted zucchini is over. I may give in to temptation and scoot a few tomatoes among the lavender beds as there is nothing like a fresh tomato, unless it is a new potato or some fresh sauteed rainbow chard. This could get out of hand ! Be firm I tell myself. Think of the bouquets to be cut in summer. Think of the time not spent watering and weeding. Think of fresh tomatoes !!! Discipline was never my forte. As Oscar Wilde put it "I can resist everything but temptation."

Aiyee Mercuryeee!!!

He's back. That pesky little Mercury retrograde. This time he appears October 12 in the sign of Scorpio [shudder] and moves to Libra October 23. The question while he is retrograde in Scorpio is " how long can I hang in here before something changes?" When he shifts to Libra it is all about relationships, good bad or indifferent and where they need to be transformed. It may be that you have had it and now is the time to know that, or you are in for the long haul and will be working on things until April 2008. If you are not in a relationship now is NOT the time to start one. Mercury will clear his retrograde shadow November 17 when someone from your past may show up. That indicates a need for healing, if you are willing. The physical influence with Mercury retrograde is the emphasis on road safety . Mercury rules automobile travel. Be cautious. Having said all that we have to contend with the Super Moon . That is the full moon of October 26 when the Moon is closer to the Earth than at any other time during the year. This is your big chance to resolve partnership stuff connected with money and power. There, aren't you glad you read this Blog? Now you can give yourself permission to say no to whatever you want because it's just too dangerous out there. Until November 17 anyway. Stay safe and sane and watch out for falling objects!

Never Good Enough

I have received a negative comment from one of my readers that my little essays could be more informative and of more help healthwise as I have put a lot of time into learning alternative ways of healing both mind and body. My objection to writing about this in a teaching sort of way is that I am not qualified to give anyone information other than, "I had that whatever it was and this remedy helped me." I was only involved in this stuff because I thought there had to be a gentler way for my children to be treated when they were sick. Once that idea entered my head I seemed to fall over lots of alternative ways of maintaining health. It was meant to be. Besides doctors scare me. What the information I acquired was never meant to be was a way to earn a living or even something to write about other than my adventures with it. Follow at your own peril. The whole point of this blogging lark is to have a laugh myself over the vagaries of life and maybe to raise a smile from you, gentle reader. I hope that satisfies my critic. If the universe had wanted me to impart knowledge to people it would have made me an academic but it didn't, so we are just going to have to live with it. Comments eagerly awaited.

La Nuit Blanche

Toronto recently had her second 'nuit blanche' with all sorts of artistic delights open to the public. I myself did not attend as I experience' nuit blanche' on a weekly basis without having to trundle down to the Big Smoke either. I am talking about good old white nights where one snaps awake at three in the morning and that's it. It's wakey wakey until the birds start singing. So what? I can hear you say. Put on the light and read. I would if I could but I am too tired. That is the worst of it. You are so tired you can do nothing but lie there, and think. All sorts of wonderful castles in Spain are built after three a.m. Paintings to be painted, stories to be written, poetry to be scanned all while I am so tired I can't even open my eyes in the dark. The next morning I try to remember this stuff that seemed so great in the wee smalls and it's pedestrian to say the least. Besides I'm too tired next morning to do anything anyway. I have given up caffeine, eat well before 8 o'clock, and stay away from carbs at night but nothing makes the slightest bit of difference. Goodness I am tired!