Jul 2nd, 2012
What has happened to summer, That’s what I want to know. Is she on vacation— Who knows where did she go? Tell, what was she wearing;A zephyr breeze and rosebudOr grass and wild berry?Could she be...
Jun 16th, 2012
“The winds of grace are always blowing but you have to raise the sail.” —Ramakrishna Summer solstice—it is hard to believe we are here already. Solstice brings the longest day and the shortest night...
Jun 1st, 2012
Summer numbers: Your numerology cycles for June 1–14 It’s June, the month of weddings and roses and summer solstice. The Romans celebrated summer solstice as sacred to Juno, the patroness of marriage...
May 16th, 2012
“It’s spring fever… you don’t quite know what it is you DO want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!” —Mark Twain “In springtime, love is carried on the breeze. Watch out...
May 3rd, 2012
“Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night.” —Rainer Maria Rilke So true of Vancouver in May...
Apr 16th, 2012
“When the time is ripe for certain things, these things appear in different places in the manner of violets [crocuses in Vancouver] coming to light in early spring.” —Farkas Bolyai The above is a...
Mar 31st, 2012
The sun was warm but the wind was chill. You know how it is with an April day When the sun is out and the wind is still, You’re one month on in the middle of May. But if you so much as dare...
Mar 16th, 2012
Sunshine and rain, or sunshine and sleet, this month is a mixed bag, and it’s emotionally mixed as well. Early spring on the West Coast has many compensations, but it’s an emotional roller coaster.To...
Feb 15th, 2012
VO's resident psychic forecasts what lies in store for the last half of February.
Feb 3rd, 2012
I saw the first crocus last weekend. It was bedraggled and had been beaten into the ground by snow and sleet, but it was fully formed, and showing traces of bright purple. I took it as a sign that...
