Thursday, March 31st, 2016
Because I’ve had so many wonderful people staying at the Heart and Wings Retreat Center, I wanted to give them more room. So I created a living space in the garage to use when I’m renting out all three units. Among other improvents: I’ve converted the base of a leaky stock tank into a beautiful […]
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photo courtesy of Silver City Sun-News I’ll be driving to Maine in July by way of the Swannanoa Gathering outside Asheville, NC, my favorite music camp. Here’s a link from my Untamed album to “Dawning over Swannanoa,†about the musicians who stay up all night playing there. I’ll return to Silver City in October after […]
Read More...Friday, April 17th, 2015
I’ve had a great time since last May turning my place into a Guesthouse called the Heart and Wings Retreat Center. Silver City attracts artists and adventurers, so everyone who shows up is someone I’d enjoy getting to know. Although I provide local maps and brochures, I discover more about what Silver City has to […]
Read More...Friday, April 17th, 2015
In this season of taxes, our thoughts turn to an accounting of what we have. It is tempting to focus on lack, to lament all we’ve spent and to rail against the government for appropriating and misusing our hard-earned funds. Whether or not we are justified in our attitude, it doesn’t feel good to be […]
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Thursday, June 19th, 2014
Silver City has an important new resource called Gila Mimbres Community Radio. Anyone can listen online at gmcr.org. It’s a breath of fresh air to hear real news and commentary from concerned individuals rather than the commercially sanitized messages that permeate even National Public Radio.
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Thursday, June 19th, 2014
Last month a group of local Sufis and I performed the songs from my Heart Lightning recording of prosperity chants for a CD release party held at the convivial Yankie Creek Coffeehouse. It was fun to share these powerful practices with friends and kindred spirits.
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Thursday, June 19th, 2014
Silver City, NM is a magnet for artists, athletes and eccentrics. We’re not on anyone’s way anywhere, so you really have to want to be here to visit. But with a great collection of art galleries, top-flight restaurants, and beautiful hiking and biking trails, anyone’s visit is well rewarded.
Last month, I listed the Heart and Wings Retreat Center on airbnb.com and made several fun new friends as a result.
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Thursday, June 19th, 2014
Last month, I had the privilege of marrying a couple of men who had been together for 46 years. One was 70 and the other was 80. It was a powerful and moving experience for all in attendance. Someone told me a few years ago that my house was on sacred ground, and that the […]
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Thursday, June 19th, 2014
Have you wondered why the simplest things are going wrong these days? Recently, my dogs’ invisible fence containment system stopped working. After I closed the door to the room that contained its transmitter, I couldn’t open it, even with a key. These back-to-back malfunctions made me wonder whether Mercury was retrograde. Indeed it was. Yesterday […]
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Saturday, April 26th, 2014
I’m changing the name of my business to Heart Lightning, as I enjoy facilitating quick results in others. I have acquired a broad array of ways to help people get what they want, usually in just one session. One of these is a healing modality I developed called Heart Lightning. It simultaneously combines metaphor, eye […]
Read More...Saturday, April 26th, 2014
I’ve been Abbe for 57 years. It was a paternal ancestor’s last name that became my grandmother’s middle name and landed as my first. Among other things, it means a source of joy. I’ve had a good life and the name has served me well. Along my spiritual road, I was given the name Azaima […]
Read More...Monday, May 27th, 2013
On May 25, 100 of us gathered under the marquee of Silver City, NM’s Energy Ideal Green Boutique. We stood just feet away from the local farmer’s market and a few feet further from the local food coop. Many people grow their own food here, and our march was more of an affirmation of people […]
Read More...Monday, May 27th, 2013
Yoga is union with all that is. That means acceptance of our foibles and pains as well as embracing our place in the world, with all its headaches and blessings. It is ironic that we must make peace with the present moment in order to transcend it. Â Yoga heightens our awareness so that we may […]
Read More...Monday, May 27th, 2013
Ruthless Pluto will square rebellious Uranus until 2015. We see the disruptive effects of this cataclysmic combination in tornadoes, mass murders, earthquakes, abuses of power, and general unrest. If you’re complacent during these times, you’re not playing attention. It’s an opportunity for great expansion, shedding the old, liberating yourself and moving beyond your fears into […]
Read More...Thursday, March 7th, 2013
When we consider yoga, we often imagine tall slender flexible bodies doing things we cannot. But yogic union is possible in any body in any situation. It does not depend on a prescribed posture to work through you. When you have opened yourself, you can more easily unwind and find the freedom that lies beyond […]
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Thursday, March 7th, 2013
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Tuesday, November 27th, 2012
I don’t even know how to start writing about this. It’s like deciding where to jump on the merry go round that is spinning faster than I feel is safe to board. Such is life. The world is changing more rapidly than we can assimilate. Global warming, corruption, and technological advances overwhelm us. There is […]
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Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
Many years ago, I was asked to teach yoga in Mexico. My first thought was Mexico, Maine, which would have entailed a long, icy commute. When I learned the classes were in Puerto Morelos on the Yucatan peninsula, I leapt at the opportunity.  After morning yoga, we had lots of time to explore. I […]
Read More...Sunday, June 6th, 2010
 Fasten your seatbelts. Between June 6 and August 14, Jupiter and Uranus will both reside in the belligerent sign of Aries. Aries is the first sign in the zodiac, unafraid to initiate, and unconcerned about the results of his impulsive action. Uranus is the individualist and rebel who rules unexpected change.  Jupiter magnifies the […]
Read More...Saturday, April 17th, 2010
Fasten your seatbelts May 28.
Read More...Saturday, April 17th, 2010
 If you’re like me, listening to the news is guaranteed to make you angry or frightened at the pervasiveness of instability and conflict.  Politicians blame this on the other party, but we astrologers blame it on Pluto. Pluto slowly releases from our control that which we are least willing to surrender.  In the […]
Read More...Friday, April 16th, 2010
Silver City held its first International Women’s Day parade on March 7. The parade included horses, goddess banners, men in T-shirts that said “awaiting instruction,†and a giant Venus of Willendorf.  Here’s a video of the fun: It was a great chance to join with creative men and women from town and celebrate. I […]
Read More...Thursday, April 15th, 2010
 In the 80’s, my boss told me I didn’t think the way he did. I think he meant it as an insult.  It’s probably why I’m no longer marketing manager of Alpo Dry Dogfood. Much as I miss the Labrador and beagle puppies at Alpo’s Pet Care center, it’s probably for the best that […]
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