Well, i promised to find an article tht explains retrogradation to post and i have duely scoured the internet (which need be put in context - i still use dialup!). It appears that every article i tried to load onto this site appeared cropped. My technological expertise is such that i was unable to figure out how to fix it.

That being said there were many informative articles i found simply by typing "why planets retrograde". So i will leave the rest up to you!

I am however excited by a new study i am entering into on Lunar Returns. Hopefully i can extract some guinea pigs from my "fans" and learn what manifests via real folks rather than just books. If you are interested in being a "test subject" please email me.... i promise, it won't hurt a bit!...well, maybe just a little!

I want to thank all of you who have given me feedback on my astro-weather. Can you tell with this latest one i actually was aiming for more cohesion and less stream of consciousness writing? Maybe not... i am a wordy one Lord knows! I suppose that most of you realize that this will probably not change until my next life...

At any rate, please keep the feedback coming... i am after all a work in progress!

Thanks to everyone who has been helping me get my 'newsletter' out - I have really been enjoying it and thanks too for all the encouragement.

Reminder: Perseid Meteor shower is active 9-17 August... go and check out your night sky. This year "they" estimate about 40-60 per hour during the peak morning of 13 August.

Also, i am creating a newsletter for the Astro-Weather... who wants to be plugged in/ hooked up all the time? So for those of you that would prefer a monthly PAPER copy, send me an email via the contact me link and just put "newsletter" or some such thing in the memo - give me your address and voila. It will however be a more condensed version of what i will post here online - i want to see how much interest it generates...

Anyway, happy August!

By request i have added a new page to the site (Articles of Interest) where i will post articles and informational tidbits you might find interesting or educational, please feel free to comment on them, or send me suggestions or things which you would like to share.