The Last Page Before Dawn
Field notes from the spiritual eclectic — astrology, ritual, empath wisdom, and the small turning points that change a life.
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Able-Bodied Is a Temporary State of Being
A friend once told me that able-bodied is a temporary state of being. I didn’t fully understand it then. I do now—and it changed how I see accessibility, empathy, and every assumption I’d quietly made about who gets to move through the world with ease.
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The Difference Between Venus and Juno: Attraction vs. Partnership
Venus is the spark, Juno is the hearth. Understanding the difference between these two energies is what separates a great first date from a great long-term contract.
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Why AI Couldn’t Write This Astrology Book
I’ve always tried to write books only I could write. Here’s why the Vertex — and fifteen years of lived experience with it — made this one undeniably mine.
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The Last Page Before Dawn: June 2026
The June 2026 issue of The Last Page Before Dawn — monthly notes from the writing desk. This month: a 700-year-old Arthurian manuscript going to auction, a Florida mineral springs hotel that burned in 1954, and the reason China will never open the most spectacular imperial tomb in history.
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Cancer Season: Come Home to Yourself
Cancer season is an invitation to stop performing and come home to yourself. This is the time to feel what you’ve been too busy to feel, tend what you’ve been neglecting, and let the shell around your heart soften—just a little.
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Fable 5 Saved My Fables
A beta reader stole this novel in the early ’90s, so I shelved it for thirty years. When I finally finished it, something still felt off. Then Claude’s Fable 5 named the problem in seconds.
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When Foundational Beliefs Are Rocked
What happens when the beliefs you’ve built your life on suddenly crack? A look at what comes after the shaking stops.
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The Story You Didn’t Realize You’ve Been Living Inside
You’ve been living inside a story all along — you just haven’t noticed. Here’s how to read the narrative of your own life.
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Travel for Solar Return: Month Two After the Return
Part 8 of an ongoing experiment in relocation astrology. Month Two confirms the pattern from Month One—but something is starting to shift. Colorado is beginning to make itself known through unexpected public visibility, even as Tampa’s structure continues to define the work.
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Gecko Totem: Renewal, Resilience, and the Gift of Adaptation
The geckos that flourish around my century-old house feel like more than neighbors. They’re survivors who’ve mastered the art of renewal—shedding what no longer fits, regrowing what was lost, and clinging even when the world shifts beneath them. The gecko totem has a lot to teach.
