Anxiety can become a palpable energy field this week, but it doesn’t have to run the show. 

Labor Day weekend is the industrious Virgo holiday where we respect hard work by taking time off to enjoy summer’s last hurrah and maybe do some work for ourselves.

We’ll see the first few leaves turn autumnal gold and think about our fall schedule under this Virgo Sun and with Venus in Virgo as the weekend begins.

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The right words

Unless you’ve been living under an adobe that doesn’t get cell reception (OK, that might apply to many of us), then you probably are aware that the grandmother of Sant…

It’s a busy week amongst the planets. The world is changing; anything is possible, and we’ll see the evidence. 

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Force of nature

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The bow of the aluminum boat cut into the flat, gray water like a thick butter knife. I reached my hand down to touch the wake, feeling the resistance of the water. It…

This week could feel like a movie, but whether it’s a drama, slapstick comedy, or summer romance with a meet-cute when a car breaks down, is up to us. 

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An experience last year was a reminder of how important it can be for people to meet artists, not just view their art.

It’s a great week to take time off and keep the agenda light. 

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Ch-ch-ch-changes

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An editor I once worked for came charging into the office one day: “Who moved my lunchbox?!” he bellowed — and this was a person who rarely bellowed. “My lunchbox has …

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"May you live in interesting times" is an old Asian curse. As the weekend begins a sense of worried excitement or urgency can push us to dither or act before we’re ready. Let’s stay calm, cool, collected and think for the long haul. 

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Pride in New Mexico

Far-flung locales in New Mexico offer their own takes on performing arts and Pride, Brian Sandford writes.

What is worth loving, worth investing our heart and resources, in the face of loss or the potential for loss?

What is worth loving, worth investing our heart and resources, in the face of loss or the potential for loss?

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All the feels

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You might’ve noticed a few recent stories in Pasa that have focused on artists facing some significant challenges in their lives.

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This weekend starts with a new moon in the introspective, self-protective, nurturing if worried sign of Cancer.

How do we feel about a family heritage and habits; how do we feel about our home and homeland; how can we make home safe for all? This is what the sun, Mercury, and Venus now in domestic Cancer want to know. 

This first week of summer brings long leisurely evenings, a watch for forest fires, and interesting new layers of family responsibility as the sun in Cancer asks us to introspect and take care of business on the home front.

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The author has become an unlikely camper late in his life, and by the time you're reading this, he'll be waking up in Yellowstone National Park.

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Our sunlight peaks as the earth hits its maximum tilt with summer almost upon us.

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The good stuff

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Welcome to almost-summer, the moderately quiet spell before the opera and art markets and concerts kick in and when the temps somehow went from slightly shivery to blazing face sweats.