Welcome back, and feel free to look around, but please pardon the rough edges as I continue to replant my virtual garden here.

I’ve dropped off the Internet for the past few weeks. For those wondering why, I’ve been going through health problems that have almost completely disrupted my life, so that writing anything at all, even a short update, has been beyond my capability, much less maintaining the schedule of daily posting that I had been before this.

Digital Art: “Bells” by Madame Ximon To those of you who missed my post that should have happened yesterday, I apologize for its absence, and offer the following as explanation: While I don’t normally discuss my health problems in public, and generally try to work around them as much as possible so that they don’t disrupt my writing, speaking, or event appearances, over the past few months my health has gotten much worse. I’ve wrestled w…

Digital Art: “Distinction” by Madame Ximon Moon in Virgo trine Pluto in Capricorn at 9:24am PDT Moon in Virgo trine Mars in Taurus at 12:54pm PDT Venus retrograde in Pisces square Saturn retrograde in Sagittarius at 1:28pm PDT Sun in Aries square Pluto in Capricorn at 5:49pm PDT Moon in Virgo opposite Chiron in Pisces at 10:18pm PDT Today starts out with a late-morning trine from the Moon in Virgo to Pluto in Capricorn, bolstering our in…