freewill astrology, or, hm...

Taurus Horoscope for week of March 10, 2005

One Christmas, I went to a Buddhist retreat center to hear Hindu prayers sung by world music pioneer Jai Uttal, who was raised in the Jewish faith. The all-embracing spirit of this event is what I urge you to cultivate in the coming days, Taurus. It's time to erase boundaries and bulldoze pigeonholes; to expand your imagination as you welcome in the widest variety of influences you can summon. You're ready to get so far out of the box that you can't even see the box anymore.

It seemed like such a nice neighborhood....

The next-door neighbors have a sign in their window. I don't remember the exact text, but it had Marriage, One Man, One Woman.

I was shocked to see this next to my house. I'm tempted to make a Gay Rights Are Human Rights or My Church Marries Gays sign in retaliation....

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2pm Update: After a bit more time I'm realizing....no, I'm not angry. I feel threatened. There's a difference.

I've chatted with this couple a few times. They hosted a neighborhood block meeting once. I thought they were 'nice people'.

Of course, they probably think we're 'nice people' too.

And who knows, maybe we all are. Maybe not.

I don't know their motivation for displaying the sign.

I may still make (or find) a sign of my own. But at least I'm thinking again.

fan

Today I turned the desk fan on for the first time since last fall. It seems absurd to be running it now, but I'm sweating.

How can it be so humid during a drought?

Marriage sign

I think I know the source of the neighbor's sign. It looks like the ones in pictures of a rally in Olympia yesterday during the Supreme Court same-sex marriage hearing. This may or may not mean they went to that particular rally, but hey - you can at least see it ;)

Mmmm....

Jesse asked if I'd be okay with swimming rama for dinner. I agreed that would be tasty.

Driving home I spotted a long, empty curb in front of The Essential Bakery Cafe in Madison Park. Dessert! Since Jesse was making dinner, it's only fair that I get dessert, right?

I picked out two individual-size concoctions: a passionfruit tart and what looks like a small chocolate cake but is actually chocolate ganache wrapped around chocolate mousse hiding a layer of creme brulee.

And a few tea cookies.

The swimming rama is fab too.