Most ironic of all, we discover that John Cabot, the repercussions of whose travels are known to all native people, was born in Venice. Or maybe these intruders were just after our tomatoes, unknown in Europe at the time, to revolutionize their cooking. But as fabulous as Venice is, there's one other town we feel a primal, First Nations urge to visit. The mecca of the native culinary world is in Italy, and we're only a few hours away. But try as we might, the gods don't provide us with the opportunity to worship at this sacred site.
Every native person dreams of making a pilgrimage to the holy town of Bologna.
And, god willing, someday we will return to that altar. Sexy star gazer Astrologist Rob Brezsny enlists the goddess to help him wrestle with his sexual demons. There are lots of jitters as police and minorities try to patch over two decades of mistrust and bitterness. Black community reps wonder if they should ask for a racial breakdown of those stopped by police. She's the one who gets the calls from women who are run up against the shortage of eligible men.