June 9, 2012

D-DAY (so soon forgotten) Yesterday was D-Day. It almost passed my notice, as it seems to have done for so many others besides. It’s not surprising. The passing flow of time, and the press of all our anxieties of the

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SO, VENUS….. (like…..do you come here often?) Venus transited the sun the other day. A tiny black spot which drifted across the face of our fiery star, and then, quietly moved on along its celestial track….as it has done almost

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A DIAMOND JUBILEE PARTY (for England’s favorite grandmother) It was quite a party, a diamond jubilee party, for England’s favorite grandmother. Queen Elizabeth II became the country’s monarch when both of us were in our mid twenties. It’s nice to

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