Sister Science

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I write to make meaning, to draw out understanding and offer a perspective often overlooked. These muses are a piece of how Sister Science continually unfurls, reaching into new spaces. 
What We Choose To Enforce

Late, and excited to see an old friend and her Mom for lunch, I neglected to pull my seatbelt on in the 400 metres between Shoppers and Guys Bakery. The car was probably still beeping at me as I was p...

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Ready for some Civil Disobedience?

We live in a world that has trained us for disconnection. 

Even the games we play - board games, click-bait online games, TV reality shows - everything has a winner and a loser. We don't learn that c...

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I'm Worried

I have tried very hard to work Worry out of my life.

Almost every year since 2014 I have read about Ahimsa, non-violence, in Deborah Adele's Yama and Niyamas book. (The Year of Expansion group is whe...

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Don't wait for the biopsy, listen to the small cues: The Precautionary Principle

The Precautionary Principle tells us to be a bit wary of waiting till you fully understand or have "proof" of something. 

It suggests that by the time we have irrefutable proof, the options for remed...

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What can I do?

"What can I do?"

It is the most common question right now.

It was the immediate reaction in my own body too. When I learned the news, my body went into a stress response that needed action, desperat...

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I don't understand.

It has been 9 days. 

Since we lost Fraser. 

My sweet beautiful 17 year old nephew. 

We will never have understanding of this. 

We will never know why this happened. 

Understanding, we have been c...

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The 4 Aims of Life

What's the point? 

An interesting question? A resigned statement? An lifelong exploration?

I am having a 'What's the Point" week. I am sure I'll be able to be more personal and open about it as the ...

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“My Heart Exploded Listening to Live Music.. and it wasn’t the headliners that got me“

June 2026. My 54th Birthday.

We have just had a week of live music, and I can feel it's effects. The power of the sound vibration in the body, the connection and energy between the performer and the...

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