I’m not sure if Robyn’s star burned so brightly because she knew that life was short, or if things just worked out that way. Regardless, she taught us by example to juice every possible moment of magical elixir out of life.

Sure, one could argue that the same thing could be true for straight people, but when you’re gay and you don’t have the support of your loved ones, the words “I told you so,” take on a whole new meaning.

Who you date is irrelevant. People’s opinions about your sexuality are irrelevant. Whether they are pointing fingers in judgment or waving flags in show of support, what they have to say is irrelevant.

This city was a burial ground to the Yamacraw people long before it became the site of America’s most famous wars.

The notion of making peace has been the subject of many a Ghost Dog Diary lately, whether making peace with things that are beyond our control; with the people around us; with our increasingly violent world; or with ourselves for simply being where we’re at.

The guilt I feel about your passing has nothing to do with how you died and everything to do with I lived: too self-involved in my New York lifestyle; never there to hear your cries, reported by neighbors who worried for your well being when you were left alone for more than a few hours at a time; too in love with my little dog PJ to include you as an equal member of our pack.

Where you might see science as something created by humans to disprove the existence of God and His glorious creations, I see it as empirical evidence of His inexplicable miracles. Especially Quantum Physics… they’re pretty damn awesome!

Whether the conflicts we are experiencing revolve around our feelings about black/white, gay/straight, Christian/Muslim, Palestinian/Israeli, they are all rooted in the same vibrational frequency – warring energy. And as time goes on, it becomes increasingly clear that the warring energy has to go.

In the first year after the birth of a child, many of my clients have reported the phenomenon of sensing, hearing or smelling the presence of their loved ones who have passed.

The Vortex is the happy place that we all have inside us. When we are in it, we feel so good that it would never occur to us to be unkind to others.

The Ascension process can be accompanied by a whole host of physical symptoms. Some of the most commonly reported include: nausea, dizziness, insomnia, inexplicable rage, tears or emotional sensitivity, excessive —sometimes uncharacteristic—drug and alcohol use, and suicidal feelings.

Add to the equation Savannah’s bloody history, plus copious amounts of alcohol and you wind up with a bunch of rowdy Gremlins on the loose after midnight.