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This week we are guided by the Two of Pentacles
The image is of a man standing by the waves of the sea, deftly juggling two pentacles that represent juggling different situations in life (for example, work and home). It is about choices and priorities. You might feel as if you don’t have the heart to choose one thing over the other. You might choose…
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From “The Uncured World” by Elisabeth Frost
I decide to name my body. Jane. Jean. Janet. I’ve never liked names that begin with that uncertain sound, wobbling between consonant options like a bowling pin on the fritz. But I need to embrace a thing I have never cared for. As a kid I loved the game of telephone, one mishearing after another,…
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This week we are guided by the Two of Wands
This card depicts a man with one wand in his hands, the other put aside. It is about settling on a decision. Wands are about enthusiasm, and the kind of energy required for passionate decision making doesn’t work when you are thinking about two things. It strongly suggests that a partnership will lead to your…
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Indeterminacy by J. Mae Barzio
How many times I tried to record the Goldberg VariationsOnce in Iceland another time in CaliforniaIt was Mercury in retrograde I didn’t get the chords rightYou see I wanted a different kind of musicOne that felt like a foreign city or ice crackingA prediction of snow and then the snow itself endlessI wanted the blue…
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Mailer Quote
Act stronger then you feel and you will soon feel as strong as you act.
David Given Schwarm
Married, Father, United
David Given Schwarm 