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Gem Moon Magic: Explorations of the Gemini Moon

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  “Gem Moon Mandala” by AmandaSeesDreams of http://www.Dreamrly.com Welcome to the collaborative lunations of Gemini moon pals, Litebeing, Dreamrly, and yours truly, The Ptero Card. Yesterday marks the Gemini / Sagittarius full moon of 2014, and through our mutual love of art and writing we're combining our efforts for a few reflections on our experience of lunar Gemini in our natal astrological charts. Each of our contributions was …

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Who Are You Really Wanderer?

On By ptero9In Poetry16 Comments

It has been awhile since I posted a WIlliam Stafford poem. Coincindentally, if there is such a thing, I just found out that William's 100th birthday would have been on January 17, and friends here in Oregon have been hosting events in his honor. For more info go here: http://stafford100.org/. Or, you might enjoy reading one …

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Some absorbing work…

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  I am part of the load Not rightly balanced I drop off in the grass, like the old Cave-sleepers, to browse wherever I fall. For hundreds of thousands of years I have been dust-grains floating and flying in the will of the air, often forgetting ever being in that state, but in sleep I …

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Think Outside

On By ptero9In William Stafford25 Comments

Although it's become common parlance for people when problem-solving, to say, "we need to think outside of the box," I hear those words and can't help but wonder, "what box?" If we know there's a box, surely we can see and think outside of it just as well as inside. This past winter when I …

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Allegiances

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Allegiances It is time for all the heroes to go home if they have any, time for all of us common ones to locate ourselves by the real things we live by. Far to the north, or indeed in any direction, strange mountains and creatures have always lurked- elves, goblins, trolls, and spiders: - we …

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