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P is for pots, progression, planting and play

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"Life is a story unfolding. The Progressed chart is one way to track your personal story. The idea is that a person develops over time. They “progress”... Your chart progresses slowly but when a shifts occur, they’re epic. If you’re satisfied with your progressed chart, you’ll be in no hurry for anything to change. If you’re in a jam, it can be excruciating as you can be “stuck” for many years...  It’s helpful to consider your progressed chart and also to realize that the people around you are also changing. So often people want to put it back the way it was, but this is not possible. Keeping an eye on progressed charts reminds us, we’re evolving." - Elsa writing about "What Is a Progressed Chart?" My pots of Motherwort, perched on piles of dirt surrounded by pots of tiny rocks. "Growing rocks," my neighbor asked? "Yup," I told him. "I've been playing with growing rocks since I was a kid." And it's true little stones and rocks h

Bits and Dabs of Life Going On

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"...  The bigger story is still in flux, but we’re already at a point of need for making plans for our current path. This week the Cancer Sun makes its way into trine with Neptune and opposition to Pluto. All week we endeavor to connect our personal place in the universe with meaning and also with structures outside ourselves. Sometimes this is quiet and spiritual, but sometimes what is outside of us pushes back, exerts its power and we must respond..." - Satori writes about the Week of July 12-16, 2021 We celebrated Pete's birthday, with Zucchini Chocolate Cake with Raspberries, and Created a 'not-a-wind-sock' when our favorite wind sock place said they were out-of-stock for wind socks. Oh, the supply chain. That's the creation we came up with using copper wire from our dear friend Loretta, a fishing lure swivel, and three lengths of yard-long ribbon in Pete's favorite colors. The copper is wound into two spirals, the smaller dangles off the larger. The