Ox Diary: what to expect in January 2015. The Ox takes a Bow. Ox Month opens: January 6th 00:57am. Ox takes a bow. Now, in the sluggish Ox-time we prepare for the New Year. The Ox of January is a symbol of fortitude and stamina, occupying this slow period between the year’s end and its… Read More
Rat Diary: what to expect in December 2014. The Rodent less travelled. Rat Month opens: December 7th 14:11pm. The Rodent less travelled. The Rat by contrast with the Pig, is yang Water. The Rat is the communicator and the keeper of secrets, so this frantic year will have been a challenge. The Rat is… Read More
Pig Diary: what to expect in November 2014. Stye Guru. Pig Month opens: November 7th 21:36pm. Stye Guru. The Pig is yin Water. Water is cold and dark and November is the month when the cold sets in. All Water in the world is constantly in search of all other Water and so Water is… Read More
Beyond our kennel. Dog Month opens: October 8th 18:20pm. Beyond our kennel. The festival known as Chung Yeung is celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth Chinese lunar month, hence it is known as the Double Ninth. It’s a public holiday, this year October 1st. That’s one reason the Hong Kong Occupy action took… Read More
Chicken Busy. Rooster Month; bak lo, the Season of White Dew. “Divinity is knowing where to start.” Our Lost Infantry – Scissor Fight. It’s the Rooster month, the month of Zhong Qiu, that is the Harvest Moon, said to be the brightest and fullest. It’s the counting-up time of the year. A good time to… Read More
Rooster Diary: what to expect in September 2014. Chicken Nuggets. Rooster Month opens: September 8th 02:21am. Chicken Nuggets. Often this time of year feels more like a parting than does the New Year itself. Autumn has a very distinctive taste; endings are beginning just as beginnings are ending. There’s a new school year, a return… Read More
Monkey Diary: what to expect in August 2014. The wrench of the Monkey. Monkey Month opens: August 7th 23:02pm. Clueless in Gaza The Monkey is a rebel, the Water Monkey defiant. Take these qualities together and you have a decision to make: are you part of the problem or part of the solution? There’s always… Read More
Sheep Diary: what to expect in July 2014.Sheep at half the price. Sheep Month opens: July 7th 12:57pm. Sheepish. The Sheep month of a Horse year is a time of co-operation. The Sheep can not help but form teams of which typically the Horse is leader. There’s still plenty of Fire – hard to miss… Read More
It’s dark and we’re wearing sunglasses. Dedicated to Maurice Willmott. “Late last night I heard the screen door slam and a big yellow taxi took away my old man.” Joni Mitchell. Big Yellow Taxi. The Dark Newt of the Soul. Menorca, Dragon Month, Horse Year. While I’m here I swim daily; a few more lengths… Read More
Horse Diary: what to expect in June 2014. Nags and Hobby Horses. Horse Month opens: June 6th 02:32am. Fire!Fire! A Horse year is inherently fiery and the Horse month of a Horse year doubly so. Consequently, expect Fire to show itself in all the ways Fire does: heat of course but also the slips of… Read More
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