James Le Mesurier “To save one life is to save all of humanity” ~ motto of the White Helmets James Le Mesurier, the British Co-Founder of the White Helmets, has died at the age of 48 tragically from an apparent suicide. White Helmets The organization known as the White Helmets was founded in 2014, emerging […]

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Marianne Williamson “There is no order of difficulty in Miracles” ~ from A Course in Miracles New Age Author In 1992, Marianne Williamson published her commentary on A Course in Miracles “Return to Love” which made this difficult book more accessible to the average reader.  This marked her out as  a spiritual teacher, and she […]

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“Becoming” by Michelle Obama Book Review “When they go low we go high” ~ Michelle Obama, 2016 I have had this book sitting in a pile, waiting its turn, since Christmas, and have just finished it, I am glad to say.  So here is the evangelical book review:  if you have it on your book […]

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Andy Murray “You are a champion on and off the court.  So sorry you cannot retire on your own terms, but remember to look to the future.  Your greatest impact on the world may be yet to come.  Your voice for equality will inspire future generations.  Much love to you and your family” ~ Billie […]

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Neil Diamond ” ‘I am’… I said, To no one there And no one heard at all, Not even the chair”  ~ Neil Diamond Retirement On Tuesday this week (23rd) Neil Diamond made a two-fold announcement: that he was retiring, and that he has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. I have to say I was […]

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Louise L. Hay Louise L. Hay, one of the mothers of the New Age, died last week, virtually on the two year anniversary of the passing of Wayne M. Dyer, another of its leading lights.  To a great extent, Louise was a pioneer of the idea that negative thoughts and experiences can give rise to […]

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Leonard Cohen (1934 – 2016) “But let’s not talk of love or chains and things we can’t untie Your eyes are soft with sorrow Hey, that’s no way to say goodbye” Poet and singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen died this week, providing an emotional distraction from the election of Donald Trump to the U.S. Presidency.  Though he […]

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Bob Dylan “Flashing for the warriors whose strength is not to fight Flashing for the refugees on the unarmed road of flight An’ for each an’ ev’ry underdog soldier in the night An’ we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing” ~ Bob Dylan What took them so long to award Bob Dylan the Nobel […]

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Terry Wogan (1938 – 2016) “A lot depends on luck, and being in the right place at the right time; which was certainly true in my case.” ~ Sir Terry Wogan His Birthchart We have no birth time for Terry Wogan, or Tel as he was nicknamed.  He had half his planets (5 out of […]

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His aquiline face, with all it’s magnificent hauteur: made him a star: something between an eagle and a big cat.”  ~ Peter Bradshaw, the Guardian  Sunsign One of my favourite actors, Alan Rickman, died in the same week as David Bowie at the same age, of 69.  He had the Sun conjunct Venus in Pisces, […]

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