Starcodes September 16, 2022

Mercury retrograde calls us to review during this last official week of summer. Like squirrels gathering pine nuts, let’s think back on the joys and tests of that season, remember what we learned and what we savored in that sunlight, remember discomfort in the scorching heat, and store those memories up against the winter’s cool quiet.

While rumble around in the past we can cast even farther back and review older memories with fresh eyes. It could be time to revise our concept of a corner of our past, and when we look at our old stories with those fresh eyes, the story could change and shift its effect on the future. Choose to let go of old shackles, remove old splinters which may be now working their way to the surface. Dust off and revive old skills and forgotten treasures.

Let’s also look at our country’s history and other world events with those fresh eyes, look father into the past for the roots of the present condition. Understanding those roots, seeing them from a different perspective, can make these events seem less incomprehensible. It can be discouraging to feel like we’re back at an old conundrum, but it can also give us hope that we can survive a problem or turn down a different road in the future.

It could be easier to dwell on the past or imagine we are far away rather than get anything done right here and now as the weekend…