Ephemeral v. Enduring

The image is simple enough, it’s an old business card. From early in my career. I know exactly what I was aiming for with its simple design. Gold lettering on a black background, a throwback to the old John Player Special colours, from an era gone by.

But the colors were more than that, they were an attempt to glamorize and accentuate the nature of my work. Poignant in that there was a minimum of data and contact.

Website: www.astrofish.net —

Phone and e-mail, then Fax?

Yeah, “fax” was a thing, a point of contact, a way to connect from narrow and limited time-frame. It was important, well, at the time it was. Showed a certain kind of dedicated connectivity.

What stands out, more than anything else, the website — the web address is still valid. The phone number, the old rodeo voice mail is long since been disconnected, as has the fax machine. My main number is a mobile, now.

Two items still remain, the site’s address, and the email.

This is about consistency when all else seems to be falling apart. Some things remain the same, despite the long odds against them.

When Mercury is Retrograde, weird old memories pop up and demand attention. If only there was a manual….

The Portable Mercury Retrograde

The Portable Mercury Retrograde – Kramer Wetzel

Portable Mercury Retrograde: astrofish.net’s Mercury in Retrograde