The Nurtury

04/11/2026

Did you know that Gloucester County Animal Control organizes low-cost rabies vaccine clinics for cats and dogs every month? How about spay/neuter services? Or their standalone animal shelter, full of adoptable dogs, back behind Tractor Supply?

This department is involved in every facet of animal welfare. They have the power to rescue pets from bad situations, and the hearts to connect them to good homes.

The next drive-through rabies vaccine clinic will be on May 2, from 1-3 p.m., and it's $10 cash to vaccinate a cat or a dog. If you miss that, or you'd like to get help with a low-cost spay/neuter, call 804-693-5290.

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Learn more by going to gloucesterva.gov/animal-control or checking out their volunteer-run page, Friends of Gloucester County Animal Control VA.

Adoptable dogs: https://www.petfinder.com/search/dogs-for-adoption/us/va/gloucester/?shelterRescue=3b9fd8c5-a1b7-4e7c-b6eb-6732ac167c4f&includeOutOfTown=true

04/11/2026

04/11/2026

Important during Aries season!

04/11/2026

May miracles happen to you unexpectedly. Be aware of the small ones that you have come to expect as well... like waking up this morning!

04/10/2026

Another gorgeous morning! I saw a movie decades ago about a man who photographed the same street corner every day at the same time. He showed his album to a friend. They just flipped thru the pages, sometimes chunks at a time. A bit exasperated, the photographer said: "you gotta slow down or you'll miss it!"

We can see sameness and wonder why time races by. Or we can choose to see the nuances of each day as NEW, and time slows down because we are present in it!

04/09/2026

04/09/2026

Playing Make-Believe

Children play make-believe to try out what it’s like to be something, or someone, else. Even if the games turn warlike, as they sometimes do, they provide a way of developing imagination and empathy.

As grownups, many of us can’t or don’t make time for imaginative play. Special dispensation is given to those who produce especially fine fiction, music, or film for the rest of us. But consuming entertainment created by others doesn’t serve the same function as our own sense of play. And at least in the modern world, we’re often kept too busy earning a living to give ourselves over to leisure.

As Mars comes together with Neptune in Aries (April 12, 2026, 10:30 pm PDT, at 2º39’ Aries), it begins a new 2-year cycle with Neptune. At its core, that’s a cycle about fighting for our dreams – but we first have to take time out to conjure those dreams. Mars entered its home sign of Aries earlier this week, and next week it will team up with Saturn to roll up its sleeves and do some serious work. But this week, Mars takes a soak in Neptune’s tub, and then we sleep like sweet children, dreaming deeply – so that we wake up next week refreshed, happy, and ready to get to work.

-BigSkyAstrology

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