A Postcard

I've spent essentially the entirety of my life in New York and New England. These past weeks have seen me all over North America. If there's anything striking to me, it is how very Saturnine the Northeast is! I suppose I should have realized this sooner—the Puritans were Saturn to a tee, Yankees are known for their frugality, the governments (even the local ones!) are extremely bureaucratic, and the COVID-19 lockdowns are so severe there even now, a year on.

But I've such a Saturnine personality myself, and even if my Saturn is dignified, too much of a single kind of energy is crushing. I never realized how harshly it all affected me! We're finding that being anywhere else is like a breath of fresh air. (I'm allowed to leave the house here! I still can't believe it.)

Things are crazy, but nonetheless, we're healing and almost drowning in synchronicities. Thank you all for your prayers.