Monthly Archives: May 2019

Tilting at Environmental Windmills

Posted on May 8, 2019 by cdsmiller17
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How Americans See Us

Posted on May 8, 2019 by cdsmiller17
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The New 7th in Line to the British Throne

Posted on May 8, 2019 by cdsmiller17

Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor This young Earl is the first royal with mixed (American) blood in recent history. Here’s his chart, based on the rumoured birth in London, not Frogmore Cottage in the Windsor Castle grounds. So, only one inconjunct, but … Continue reading →

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Nero, Reincarnated?

Posted on May 7, 2019 by cdsmiller17

Sometimes, the truth slips through…

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Vancouver Christmas Lights 1984

Posted on May 7, 2019 by cdsmiller17
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108 Windsor Road, Torquay, UK

Posted on May 6, 2019 by cdsmiller17

Twenty-five years ago, I bought this house in Torquay. The photograph above the fireplace was a shot through the entrance of Montsegur that I took one year before.

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Airship Disaster: The Hindenburg on Fire

Posted on May 6, 2019 by cdsmiller17

Led Zeppelin Album Cover Most of us alive today have only a passing interest in this disaster. Culturally, it is seared into our memories as the image on this Led Zeppelin album cover. But the accident which happened on this … Continue reading →

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Only Game I Saw at Maple Leaf Gardens

Posted on May 5, 2019 by cdsmiller17

Toronto Toros vs. Indianapolis Racers In all the years that I watched hockey on television, I only saw one game live in Toronto. I treated myself to a game on my 25th birthday. Unfortunately, it wasn’t the Toronto Maple Leafs … Continue reading →

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Astrological Portrait of an Artist

Posted on May 5, 2019 by cdsmiller17

Leonardo da Vinci This is the man on whom everyone in the present has ‘blamed’ for a heretical concept from the distant past. It would be foolish to tackle this misunderstanding without understanding the man first. As usual, I will … Continue reading →

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Something to Pass the Time of Day

Posted on May 4, 2019 by cdsmiller17

Time Passages Al Stewart followed up his smash hit Year of the Cat with this time traveling song. Here are the lyrics: It was late in December, the sky turned to snow All round the day was going down slow … Continue reading →

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