Note from Eric | May 24, 2005 Dear Readers: Hello from New York. My travels have me moving far and wide these days, and I'm writing this on a cool, rainy afternoon in Kingston, New York, in the part of the country I feel is my true home. There are old friends everywhere, I've lived in nearly every town at some point, and I'm staying on land I love deeply, in High Falls, near Split Rock and the Trapps climbing area. The notes at the bottom of Jude's blogs have said I'm on holiday. That was actually true till two weeks ago (for eight short days), when I returned from Mykonos and Delos, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Planet Waves horoscope. Since then, I've looped back through Paris, finished a book proposal, come to New York and got back into full gear, including working with many clients. Jude is going to continue handling this blog for a while. I think she's doing an excellent job keeping a focus on the news from a point of view that does not leave us feeling helpless. Note the contrast between what you read in her posts, and what you read on the mainstream Internet. Notice how she demonstrates that the news actually has personal relevance. Meantime, all other Planet Waves projects are in gear, including the Friday journal, birthday report and horoscope, the almost daily subscriber blog (on the very nice new subscriber homepage), the free monthly horoscopes here, and the Q & A column on Jonathan's site, now completing its first year. Tracy has been helping me keep a nice stream of photos going past the front page, which has been a lot of fun for both of us. And our photo gallery (see above) is growing every day. Before I pass the microphone back to Jude, I'd like to take the moment and invite you to subscribe to Planet Waves Weekly, and support our projects directly. It's been a great blessing receiving subscription fees: I have more help, the web site's bills get paid by our generous readers, and I can spend more time doing the writing we both love. We keep our subscription fees affordable: as low as a dollar a week, nothing by today's standards of overpriced everything, but very helpful to us. I want to particularly speak to the long-time readers who have been deliberating or resisting subscribing (people write and tell me, "I held out for two years"! What do they expect me to say?), or who feel in principle that our work should be given free. We've done a very good job of being here for you every single day for the past seven years (as Planet Waves), and for several years before (as Mystic Gardens and The Worlds of Eric Francis). Put your money where your love is, baby. Thanks for staying in touch. Yours and truly, ERIC FRANCIS Here is the subscription link: http://planetwavesweekly.com/sales/home.html