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From My Bookshelf: Bittersweet

By Lynn Willoughby Bittersweet ~ Colleen McCullogh This is an apt title, because it describes just how I felt after finishing this novel. I loved “The Thorn Birds”, “Tim” was even better, then there was “Cleopatra” and the whimsical “The Ladies of Missalonghi” by this same author. This novel, however, was just a long story…

July 27, 2019
Ask Biella: “Healthy wealthy happy and free which is more important?”

Biella brings her usual extended perspective to her answer, coming up with a clear choice as to which of the four are the most important.

July 24, 2019
Planet Waves Horoscopes: July 22 – 29, 2019

ARIES — Notice whenever you hesitate. By that I mean pausing before you want to do something, the reluctance to try something, concern about someone you’ve met, or not wanting to respond to a question. There are several different reasons you might do so, though you might not distinguish them. Each has its own message,…

July 22, 2019
From My Bookshelf: Washington Black

By Lynn Willoughby Washington Black ~ Esi Edugyan This Canadian author’s latest novel was a finalist for the Man Booker prize, and winner of the Giller Prize. It is a big, complicated historical novel with locations all over the world. It begins on a sugar cane plantation in Barbados in 1830. Washington Black is…

July 20, 2019
Ask Biella: “How do you become a happy pessimist? I just don’t know how to think positively.”

Transforming Perspective and Perception via Emphasis and Focus is how Bella comes at a Solution.

July 17, 2019
Planet Waves Horoscopes: July 15 – 22, 2019

By Eric Francis Coppolino Aries (March 20-April 19) — You might be ready for an answer to the eternal question: what will it take for you to set yourself free from certain overpowering conditions that seem to run your life? Be alert for an opportunity to see through the power that others appear to hold…

July 15, 2019
From My Bookshelf: Lessons from Lucy

By Lynn Willoughby Lessons From Lucy: The Simple Joys of an Old, Happy Dog ~ Dave Barry I love Dave Barry’s sense of humour. Everything I have read – whether fiction or non-fiction, makes me laugh and admire this man who has had an extremely successful career as a humourist writer – both in his…

July 13, 2019
Ask Biella: “Should you hold onto something that doesn’t make you happy?”

The complexity of ‘Should” is brought into Biella’s answer, as well as Effort-Reward.

July 10, 2019
Planet Waves Horoscopes: July 8 – 15, 2019

By Amy Elliott Aries Currently you seem to be emerging from a long struggle with your past — whether represented by ideas or by actual people — into a new sense of your individuality, freedom and power. This will almost certainly feel daunting to a degree, at least to begin with, as all unfamiliar territory…

July 8, 2019
From My Bookshelf: Delicious!

By Lynn Willoughby Delicious! ~ Ruth Reichl Want to read something light while learning about food and culture and comfort? This is the book for you, written by the author of Bon Appetit magazine. “Food define us” is the theme of this book. “Smells elicit memories, tastes capture our childhood, unique foods remind us…

July 6, 2019
Ask Biella: “How do you maintain your positive outlook in life?”

Understanding More of Life helps Biella relate how she maintains her Unrelentingly Positive Perspective and Way-of-Being.

July 3, 2019
Planet Waves Horoscopes: July 1 – 8, 2019

By Eric Francis ARIES — Confidence is an issue for almost everyone. One way or another, from some angle or another, whether too much or too little, or if you’ve never even heard of the stuff, it’s going to show up. For you, the position of Mars in your chart, or your transits, will be…

July 1, 2019
From My Bookshelf: How the Light Gets In

By Lynn Willoughby How The Light Gets In ~ Louise Penny If you are in the mood for a good mystery, with a Canadian flavour, read this book. The setting is winter in Quebec, the protagonist is Chief Inspector Armand Gamache – ninth in the series, but the first one I have read. There…

June 29, 2019
Ask Biella: “Has anyone on Quora been able to change a deeply entrenched view of yours?”

Biella discusses subtle but deep-rooted mis-beliefs, connecting it all to Appropriateness.

June 26, 2019
Planet Waves Horoscopes: June 24 – 31, 2019

ARIES — Acknowledge what the men in your life have been through: your father and grandfathers, your partners, your sons. There is a level of struggle men carry that I observe is not fully acknowledged, and which is often ridiculed. The injury to men is really an injury to the male side of the psyche…

June 24, 2019