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Year: 2014

Temet Nosce (Know Thyself)

Temet Nosce – “Know Thyself” One of the reasons that it can be frustrating to read horoscopes is that predictive astrology that doesn’t take into account the aspects made by transiting planets to your natal chart or progressed chart can seem really off-base – for example, telling you how much good fortune you are supposedly experiencing when you are in the midst of serious disaster, or vice versa. And even when an astrologer...

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“Two Doctors” Scarves

Spider Stripe “Two Doctors” Scarf by Madame Ximon A couple of years ago, when my step-mother’s health began to decline, I took to knitting extensively every time I visited her, in part as a coping mechanism to help me respond patiently to the repetitive questions sparked by her memory loss, and in part because it made her happy to have me completing her unfinished knitting projects and using her yarn remnants, which were gorgeous. One...

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New Magic Card Alteration – Prime Speaker Zegana

Here is the most recent of my card alterations, commissioned by the same person who commissioned the “My Little Titans” set I posted about previously. Needless to say, I had a much more enjoyable time working on this card, since its subject matter is much more closely aligned to my usual style of work. Not that it was completely without hiccups – I tend to work on multiple card alterations at once, and for a while this one was my biggest frustration...

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The End of the Day

I just had the unsettling experience of driving home late at night after a long day and swerving around a cat lying in the road, and I found myself looking at him in the rear-view mirror at him thinking, “Oh no, that’s somebody’s kitty, somebody’s baby. What if he’s lying there hurt, not dead? And even if he is dead, I can’t just leave him there. Should I turn around?” I turned around in the parking lot of the nearby funeral parlor, drove back...

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