Archive for April 2022

I am fascinated by the concept called the ”Butterfly Effect” – One seemingly small action can lead to significant and lasting change. The term is attributed to Edward Norton Lorenz, a mathematician and meteorologist, studying weather, who stated that a butterfly flapping it’s wings in Brazil could cause a tornado in Texas. Not directly, but through the…

Evolution What is Evolution? I generally think of it as an improvement – upward movement and not downward. After all we try smarten up not dumb down. Regardless, the traditional definition has an eye to populations of organisms over time and that is not really my concern in posing the question. In order for a…

I’m writing this on April 7th, 2022 – what would have been my dad’s 89th birthday. In the 5 years since Simon McGean retired his earthly body, a lot has changed in my life and in the world. But I can’t help but think how much changed in his lifetime.  He was number 7 in a…

Happy Anniversary! It’s been a year this week since my book “Round Trip: How I found Myself on Three Wheels” was released. It was such an honour to cross Canada and meet so many people – if you haven’t read it yet – please pick up a copy. Beauty I like to pull Oracle cards…