Never a lack of planetary references

I overheard someone talking about an (epic) hug when I was coming out of Whole Foods recently:  "...and her heart center was touching my heart center, it was a truly delighting moment. Even a hug can be very special when you have just finished a lot of meditating."
Person he was talking to:  "Medicating?  What kind of medicating?"
"No, meditating.  Me-di-ta-tion."

Walking my niece at Ragle Park, I ended up talking to a park employee while my niece slept in her stroller.  I asked if there were any amusing experiences she had encountered there (okay yes, I was fishing).  At first the worker said no, then after a while she remarked:  "Well, you do have the barbeque and soccer families, and then kind of the 'tai chi' area of the park, and the two rarely mix.  Except at the playground, where it's more of a free-for-all.  I remember one day when a girl came up to her mom, sobbing and saying 'that little boy called me a hippie girl.'  I thought to myself, there are much worse things you could be called.  And since he was wearing a poncho, I don't even think he meant it as an insult."

On the back of a large RV in the Barlow:  "Ah... Joy"

I received an email from a local who told me an astrologer she went to mentioned one of the funniest questions she had been asked: "Since pluto was redefined as a dwarf planet, how does that affect my astrology chart?"
Which for some reason reminded me of a bumper sticker I saw a while back:  Republicans are from Mars, Democrats are from Venus.  (Quite Sebastopol on several levels.)

A woman to a deli worker at Community Market:  "I'm from South Carolina.  You don't see so many tofu options in South Carolina, I can tell you that..."

I was talking to someone in the plaza one quiet afternoon and we both noticed a guy giving an actual massage about thirty feet away - massage table and all.
The person I was talking to commented, "I would be too self-conscious to get a massage in public.  But maybe it's nice to be outside, more relaxing... that's why he's doing it out here.  It is really nice weather today, good not to be indoors."
My more skeptical side came out, and I countered, "He probably just doesn't want to pay for on office."
She nodded her head, half-smiling.  "Well, yeah...  I could also see that being the case." 


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