Lucid dreaming has long been an interest of mine but I haven't put a lot of effort into it. I recently started some practices from Robert Moss' book Dreamgates and my dreams have been longer and more intense.

After Trump's election, which feels so long ago, I advised friends to mourn but not despair, and instead take action to help those you think he'll endanger. I didn't have any practical advice on how to do that though.

Yesterday I joined the Board of the Theosophical Order of Service. It's a wonderful organization started by Annie Besant, with the motto, "A union of those who love in the service of all that suffers." My practical advice isn't to join a Board, but go join something. Join a group that's doing some good in your community. The Theosophical Order of Service (TOS) is one such organization that has local groups all over the country, but there are more than we realize.

I edited this article for Circle Magazine to remove a reference to self-harm. It's presented here without that edit, but all other suggested edits have been preserved.

My fiance and I have been meaning to go to Kama for a while now. They have one in LaGrange Park where we live, so we made reservations for Valentine's Day.

Before dinner we had hoped to go to a local metaphysical store but saw they were closed Sundays. Instead we wound up wandering LaGrange and driving around Hinsdale, looking at beautiful houses we'll probably never be able to afford. Oh well. If I had that kind of money I probably wouldn't spend it on a house anyway.

Two weeks ago I hit a deer with my car. I drive an hour and ten minutes to work every day and this has been one of my worst fears. It was a rainy night so I was driving slow but I still wasn't able to react in time. The deer wasn't much bigger than a big dog and probably had just barely lost his or her spots.

The new year has passed but the calendar date isn't really important to me. Heck, I just sent out my holiday cards a week ago, though I had them in plenty of time for Christmas. So I like to think that I took my time to think about my goals instead of going off half cocked.

I recently bought a copy of the book The Wisdom of Hypatia. One of the dangers of working at Quest Bookshop is that I want to buy everything. But after just reading the back and flipping through it, I knew it was exactly what I wanted.

Today I woke up in the late afternoon. As a web designer, this is pretty normal. I happened to glance out the window to see a possum in the street. He* was moving around a little bit but didn't leave the street. I waited a little while and then looked out again and found him lying on his side.