So the story is that Mercury is retrograde–plans, communication, transportation–all may seem thwarted, backwards, snafu’d.  It’s just a joke–a huge practical joke that God and the planets love to play on us.  It’s not just Mercury (or really any planet), it’s just the natural season of snafu.

Mistakes glomm onto me like lint on a hot towel.  My eyes do tricks on me.  I go to the store for one thing, come away with 10 things and forget that one needed item.  I talk about this, you want to talk about that; we bump.  I plan for this project, I make all the dots and lines and numbers line up, and all the meetings are moved three times in one morning.  I watch the traffic sites, calculate my route, and we watch 5 police cars in the middle of the road for nothing.

Just got to laugh and laugh and laugh.  Who ever said that we needed to take this life SERIOUSLY!?!?  What if, instead of a human tragedy, or drama, that this was intended to be FUN!  What if this was a tremendously GOOD idea–to be human, to walk this precious earth, to hug trees and play with children and try on ruffled clothes or sink my toes in warm mud.

Today I laugh with the dancing planets, bowing trees and brilliant day.