I have what may not be an uncommon view of astrology generally–I am skeptical. And yet, whether or not astrology is accurate doesn’t trouble me, doesn’t keep me from regarding it with respect and great interest. I see it as yet another template, another vocabularly, another way into understanding ourselves and others. I have found…

Thanks to the “tea totalers” who wrote me with healty tea suggestions. One reader recommends a high-antioxidant tea I’ve never tried called Rooibos (Red Bush) from South Africa, available from the Numi company at Whole Foods. I will look for it. Another reminds us that White Tea has more antioxidants than Green, and can be…

Sadly, Mr. Chattering bundled up and left the house this morning in a Beliefnet.com-sponsored carpool. The New York City transit strike is still in full flower, and though I tried to convince him he could get more work done at home, he had an important meeting. I dutifully made him a good breakfast, but he…

I prop my drooping rose(its toppled headhung on the limp stalkof its spent neck) first, on a wishful finger:tilting the vase this wayand that, for a pointof balance that won’t endure; then, on a twist-tie’s wrappedwire, fished from a drawerto fashion a spiral collar.There, my dear; linger; I’ve bought you a day’s graceDrink up, stand…

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