ASTROLOGY: Mars Moving Forward
By Madame Dana Zia Today, November 24th, Mars moves off of 15 degrees Aries where it has been since November 2. As many of you have known, Mars was in […]
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An extraordinary cake to the rescue!
By Dana Zia, The Golightly Gourmet “I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual.” Henry David Thoreau Every once in a while it is time […]
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An Ancient Bread to Celebrate an Ancient Holiday
By Dana Zia, The Golightly Gourmet “The spirits of dead friends sought the warmth of the Samhain fire and communion with their living kin.” Janet Farrar Halloween is one of […]
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ASTROLOGY: Full Moon in Taurus – October 31, 2020
By Madame Dana Zia At dawn on Halloween morning the Full Moon in Taurus will shine down on us. This is so exciting to FINALLY get a Full Moon on […]
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ASTROLOGY: Mercury goes retrograde tonight …
By Madame Dana Zia Mercury goes retrograde tonight till November 3rd Election Day. Yup Election Day. You can’t make this stuff up! I have high hopes for this Mercury retrograde […]
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New Moon In Virgo: Dark night of the soul
By Madame Dana Zia The Moon disappears from our skies completely on September 17th at 4am PT. Not that this is anything new for the West Coast where we’ve been […]
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Zucchini Season: One plant is more than enough … or just make Double Chocolate Zucchini Muffins
It is that time of year – zucchini coming out our you-know-where … we know that one plant will produce plenty for our small household, but we always plant two, […]
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ASTROLOGY: New Moon in Leo
By Madame Dana Zia New Moon in Leo the Lion arrives with gusto on August 18th at 7:41 pm. As I’m sure you all know, a New Moon occurs when […]
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In praise of the unsung hero: The salal berry
By Dana Zia, the Golightly Gourmet There is so much abundant food growing right now, it is staggering. My neighbor’s fig tree, which hardly ever produces, fed the neighborhood for […]
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ASTROLOGY: For love of a comet
By Dana Zia I’ve been up late the last week viewing the awe inspiring comet Neowise. I have never observed a comet much less fallen in love with a one […]
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