June 2025 is not here to play. With Jupiter changing signs, Mercury stirring drama in Cancer, and Venus sashaying through her favorite outfits (Aries and Taurus), we’ve got a month full of revelations, reroutes, and a sprinkle of romantic delusion. The skies are equal parts spice and spiritual, and every transiting planet seems to have a message that starts with “Let me shake things up for you.” Let’s break down the month’s most powerful, jaw-dropping, and spiritually charged events so you can glide (or grind) through June like the astro-savvy soul you are. June 4: Venus in Aries Sextile Jupiter…
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Astronomy has long been dominated by expert amateurs but with geospatial data everywhere, thanks to widely available internet and smartphones, it is not just that directions that were once only available in a paper map are now updated on your phone in real time to account for traffic. It is changing the relationships of science also. Crowdsourced scientific data will go from obscure folding protein folding of 15 years ago to relevance everywhere. That evolution will continue to be driven by how the data is gathered. Credit: Xiao Huang, Emory University According to the authors, urban planning, transportation and environmental monitoring…
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Travel has become really expensive. Post-COVID, the entire world seems to be traveling again and prices just keep rising. I am astonished at how high they have gotten. But it’s a product of rising costs and out-of-control demand. Everyone just wants to travel. We’re all looking for an escape. Fortunately, it’s not all bad. Airfare has started to go down again, there are more deal-finding websites online, free walking tours in more cities, and more opportunities to bypass the traditional travel infrastructure and connect directly into the local way of life via the sharing economy. As we navigate the post-COVID…
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“Elsa, do you believe in past lives? (not sure that I do) I’m just wondering if you chalk it up to your chart, or to karma, or what?” Snapdragon asks on The Day The Police Came To Get Me Snapdragon, I have been exposed to the concept of past lives since I was a child. I have reserved judgment on the topic because I just DON’T KNOW, however I have never found anyone’s claim especially credible up until I reconnected with the soldier. I still would not say that I believe in past lives, only that he does and I…
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At 66, I felt a bit like the father of the hiking community when I hiked around Mont Blanc earlier this fall. But the Tour du Mont Blanc is doable for any reasonably fit hiker, and there were plenty of people on the trail who were older than me. For total novices like Shelley and me, it’s wise to be proactive about health and safety. Here are some tips I learned along the way: Good boots, liner socks, slippery powder, and moleskin for tender skin are essential. We kind of became gear geeks — investing in good day bags…
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May 20th Birthday Horoscope 2025-2026 MORE BIRTHDAYS If Today is Your Birthday: May 20th The Year Ahead Forecast for May 2025 to May 2026 If You Were Born Today, May 20: You possess tremendous strength of character, warmth, sensuality, and intuition. While grounded and steady overall, you have a flair for the dramatic. Extremely perceptive, you can usually size up a person or situation quickly. You are exceptionally self-aware and spend your life learning, largely through intuition and observation. You are loving and kind, but seldom forget a slight. Famous people born today include Yon Gonzalez, Naturi Naughton,…
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This coming Monday is the new moon, which means by tonight we are in the soup. There’s nothing to block the stars but us…and clouds. Every month has its dark nadir and we’re pretty much there, stars as bright and numerous as they’ll ever be. That’s the thing about a full night sky, as dark and rich now as it would have been 10,00 years ago, if you’re in the right place. A big moon all bright and milky is one kind of night sky. No moon at all, we see our galaxy from the inside out. A book of…
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Curious how we ended up searching for a new home on wheels? Check out the first blog in this series for the backstory. June 2024 Our eyes had landed on a tempting BJ45 listed on a European version of eBay, located near Strasbourg. If we were driving 550 kilometers (300 miles) to check it out, why not turn it into a mini road trip with a few fun stops along the way? Springtime was busy with sending off hundreds of books – Over Bruggen & Forever Off Track including some fabulous Landcruising Adventure T-shirts 1. The Tub Dream Our old…
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April has officially been recognized as Financial Literacy Month for almost 20 years. This month is dedicated to constantly improving your own financial wellbeing and personal education each year. Here are our tips on revamping and improving your financial wellbeing during Financial Literacy Month 2022! Restructure Your Budget If you don’t have a set budget, you need one. There’s no easy way around this one, so to really execute this effectively, get ready to put in some effort. You need an accurate look at your monthly expenses and you need to break everything down either on paper or a spreadsheet. …