What do I need to know about my work right now:
Son of Cups - Bearer of Longing (Creation בְּרִיאָה)
Air of Water
Meeting another through feeling. Beginning to take responsibility for what he feels.
I am certainly longing for a more creative and inspiring job. I need to take responsibility for this feeling that I deserve work with more meaning, imagination, and human connection.
What do I need to know about my book right now:
Son of Swords - Rider of the Clouds (Creation בְּרִיאָה)
Air of Air - Ruach, the soul of thought and aspiration
Exploring through intellect. Motion before clarity.
I am rushing in even though all the pieces aren’t clear yet. I am moving through a storm of ideas, citations, structures, and half-formed connections. But as I work with them, they will become clear. I write best when I move back and forth between drafting and editing. This project is about thought and aspiration, it is the thing I would regret not completing if I were on my death bed.
What do I need to know about my spirit right now:
Ace of Pentacles - The Gift of Earthly Presence (Divine Will כֶּתֶר)
Element of Earth
A gift of physical life. The seed of embodied blessing.
I am appreciating my life. Soul is body in the Sefer Yetzirah; and for me it is the ordinary and grounding acts of embodied life: food, floors and laundry, work, books, sleep, walking, breathing, money, the cards, the house I live in, the day itself. And hopefully the card also indicates a blessing is being bestowed on me; perhaps it was the two-day thunderstorm.
What do I need to know about my body right now:
Lamed - Libra - “Sexual Union”
Justice - The Path Between Connection and Reverence
Set into right relation. What brings into alignment.
I need to give my body more attention and reverence. My body is asking to be brought back into balance: mind and body, work and rest, effort and pleasure, discipline and tenderness. Perhaps I need to give it more pleasure. Maybe I should seek some balance through the best physical and mental exercise I know: walking, which combines rhythm and movement, embodiment and meditation, thought, and contact with the world. The Path between Connection and Reverence answers this question perfectly: The body needs connection and reverence.
The two Sons say: move, explore, do not demand final certainty yet.
The Ace says: be grounded in the blessings of ordinary life.
Lamed says: bring the various parts of life back into balance.
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Friday, July 17, 2026
Saturday, July 4, 2026
Eurovision 2026: "I Can't Get You Out of My System"
Before Eurovision, Sweden's singer Felicia said she didn't think Israel should be allowed to participate and that she would "make sure they don't win."
She finished 20th.
Israel finished 2nd.
Perhaps she should have spent less time trying to get Israel out of her system and more time finding a native English speaker to proofread her lyrics:
No, I can't get you out of my system.
Wednesday, July 1, 2026
Premium Drugs, Discount Packaging
You can pay a small fortune for a prescription. But someone opens a giant stock bottle, counts out your pills by hand, pours them into another bottle, slaps on a label, and hopes they counted correctly.
Next month, your morning pills come in exactly the same bottle as your evening pills did last month. Good luck if you're elderly, sleep-deprived, or simply distracted.
Why aren't most prescriptions packaged by the manufacturer? A clearly labeled box and blister packs would make it obvious whether you're taking the right medication and whether you've already taken today's dose.
We pay premium prices for the drugs but apparently discount prices for the packaging.
And then there's the pharmacy symbol. Is it the Rod of Asclepius, the single serpent of healing? Or the Caduceus, the twin serpents of Hermes, the god of merchants?
American medicine seems unable to decide.
Moses and the bronze serpent, Numbers 21:8-9
Next month, your morning pills come in exactly the same bottle as your evening pills did last month. Good luck if you're elderly, sleep-deprived, or simply distracted.
Why aren't most prescriptions packaged by the manufacturer? A clearly labeled box and blister packs would make it obvious whether you're taking the right medication and whether you've already taken today's dose.
We pay premium prices for the drugs but apparently discount prices for the packaging.
And then there's the pharmacy symbol. Is it the Rod of Asclepius, the single serpent of healing? Or the Caduceus, the twin serpents of Hermes, the god of merchants?
American medicine seems unable to decide.
Moses and the bronze serpent, Numbers 21:8-9
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