April 2012 It may sound like a game but it’s about comparison. Lately I came across two things comparing these two countries. One is a article on a book called Fairness and Freedom by David Hackett Fischer. The other is an article from the New York Times called Elephants Down Under by Thomas L. Friedman. Both are written by Americans who …
The Unsurprising Order of Being
Libra 2011 Firstly – a comment on Libra this month It’s been a strange month – more natural disasters and Gaddafi dead. All I can say about that is may Libya now have Rest and Peace – that last a nice Libran phenomenon. Poor old New Zealand has been hit again – earthquakes and floods and snow didn’t seem to be enough. …
Negotiation: it’s a good time for it …Â
Libra 2010 … if the world is anything to go by. The UK had to reach compromises in forming a Cabinet. The new Australian leader, Julia Gilliard, needed good negotiation tactics and FINALLY we have a cabinet again here in the Netherlands after the last one fell in February this year. We now have a fellow Aquarian as a Prime …
Tears before bedtime? Uk Duo
May 2010 Well –  it certainly was for me after the UK election. The amount of news about the coalition certainly brought a tear to my eye. Its’s only now that I can write about it – now that we have moved on to Dutch debates. Looking forward to the 2nd one tonight as I write this. But anyway back …
Learning … from the early 50s and 80sÂ
Libra 2009 On October 29th, 2009 Saturn enters Libra for the first time since September 1980. He stays there until April 7th, 2010 when he puts a foot back into Virgo until July 21st, 2010 and then he takes the plunge and stays in Libra until October 5th, 2012 when he moves off into the sign of Scorpio for his …
Let battle commence – in the sky and the US
Libra 2008 The gates to hell? Libra is the sign we know as the scales and it is therefore associated with balance. It encompasses lovely ideas such as harmony, beauty and music in its astrological descriptions. Fairness and the scales of justice also come to mind. There are two sides to everything so partnership and doing things together are important. It …