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Sagittarius Horoscope for week of February 6, 2014

"What is the purpose of the giant sequoia tree?" asked environmentalist Edward Abbey. His answer: "The purpose of the giant sequoia tree is to provide shade for the tiny titmouse." I suggest you meditate on all the ways you can apply that wisdom as a metaphor to your own issues. For example: What monumental part of your own life might be of service to a small, fragile part? What major accomplishment of yours can provide strength and protection to a ripening potential that's underappreciated by others?

It's hard to know the whole of one's own ecology, macrocosm or microcosm.

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...'Cause I'm already standing on the ground...

Sagittarius Horoscope for week of March 7, 2013

Ready for a reality check? It's time to assess how well you know the fundamental facts about where you are located. So let me ask you: Do you know which direction north is? Where does the water you drink come from? What phase of the moon is it today? What was the indigenous culture that once lived where you live now? Where is the power plant that generates the electricity you use? Can you name any constellations that are currently in the night sky? What species of trees do you see every day? Use these questions as a starting point as you deepen your connection with your specific neighborhood on planet Earth. Get yourself grounded!


The bathroom is between me and North. Rather Manor has "city water", the source is off the Holston River near New Market. Moon phase is just past Last Quarter. The Cherokee people lived here, although the Shawnees lived just to the north of here. This area is between two hydroelectric dams, the Douglas on the French Broad River south of here and the Cherokee on the Holston to the north. The night sky is clouded over due to the storm. There is a maple tree outside my window, along with a hackberry, a sycamore and several chestnuts stand in the back yard.
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Horoscope for week of February 28, 2013

Sagittarius (November 22-December 21)
"Don't think the garden loses its ecstasy in winter," wrote the Persian mystic poet Rumi. "It's quiet, but the roots are down there riotous." I think you're like that winter garden right now, Sagittarius. Outwardly, there's not much heat and flash. Bright ideas and strong opinions are not pouring out of you at their usual rates. You're not even prone to talking too loud or accidentally knocking things over. This may in fact be as close as you can get to being a wallflower. And yet deep beneath the surface, out of sight from casual observers, you are charging up your psychic battery. The action down there is vibrant and vigorous.


There were times I thought there was a lot of white noise in my bedroom. Now I think it's the sound of the sap running in the trees outside my window. This is the time of year for that to happen. Are you due for a Sugar Snow?
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I did not witness this directly...Dad's out running an errand and comes upon a traffic stoppage near our house. (We've been having a lot of winter mix weather lately.)

DAD: What's the meaning of this?

FALLEN TREE: All yr roadz r belong 2 us! Someone set us up the baum!

OTHER DRIVERS: :(

DAD: BRB.

(...)

DAD: Say hello to my little friends.

CHAINSAWS: Vrum vrum vrum!

FALLEN TREE: Oh noes!

(...)

The fallen tree is reduced to a stack of wood on the road side. A County truck shows up.

DAD: What took you so long? (Loads his tools up and comes home.)
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The ceilings in the house are too low for a decent Christmas tree. Instead, we have an antique ceramic light-up tree that's about 12" tall that we put out for our display. Between that and Dad's habit of taping the Christmas cards we get to the fireplace hearth, we think it's enough.
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The trouble our trees have brought us this week was evidently the last straw for Dad. He just took delivery of a second-hand mini chainsaw. I believe there will be some very loud therapy going on at Rather Manor soon.
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Once again, a tree on the property "ate" our phone connectivity yesterday and we were down for about 18 hours. I'm really tired of this Nineteenth Century infrastructure. If we can't get cable or DSL service out here, what else can we do for high-speed internet? I want a solution we can afford and get working quickly.
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The windstorm we had over here this weekend was pretty nasty. Our TV antenna took a beating from the tree I've told my father repeatedly that the antenna should have been placed away from. He claims that tree will receive some chainsaw surgery too...but I bet the antenna will need to be replaced soon. The winds also took a lot of limbs from other trees around the house.

At least I'm grateful it wasn't so wet that the huge maple on the west side of the house couldn't keep its roots in the soil. If that thing had been uprooted it would've taken out the two occupied bedrooms and the powerline going to the house.

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"Now Hear This! Now Hear This! Just making sure you can Now Hear This!"

The AT&T man just finished replacing our line (again). Evidently the trees surrounding this house like to eat phone cord insulation. Don't know how or why just yet. I believe some chainsaw therapy is due to them.

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