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How did you learn to think for yourself?
Sandra
I'd like to say learned to think for myself the day I discovered that my mother was not perfect. It was not a happy day for me, I felt abandoned and betrayed. I was 12... More »
If you had to lose your vision, what would you look at today?
Sandra
Into the eyes of David. Yes, there are sunsets and sunrises and the colour of the ocean or the sky; oh yes, if David was not in my life then that is what I'd look... More »
If you could replace 'watching tv' with one activity, what would
Sandra
I haven't had a TV for seven years. I stopped watching TV apart from documentaries and films about nine years ago. Even before that I hardly watched it. I found it made me feel jumpy... More »
What one person do you wish you could reunite with?
Sandra
The American I've thought about this one a lot, and it came up again as I recently wrote a short story that included him. "The American" is all I know about him, he was in... More »
Share one of your own peak experiences.
Sandra
I opened my eyes. I wasn’t supposed to, we were supposed to be meditating. I’d done that awhile. I loved sitting in the silence, the warm room floating upward, the floor pressing against my bottom,... More »
What do you do to recharge?
Sandra
Well this one is pretty easy. There are many things actually, walking in nature, having a deep tissue massage ( or Thai massage, my favourite), going to the sauna; "giving up to gravity" which basically... More »
What do you believe about the state of the environment?
Sandra
I just came across this article by the Pulitzer prize winning author Jack Miles , and was blown away by it. It seemed appropriate to this reflection. I did not know about Jack Miles work... More »
What's the best piece of advice you've received from a friend?
Sandra
I'm three. A lot of things going on until then. Growing. Sucking. Shitting. All those nappies. Then there was crawling, that was good. Walking, scary! But my brother Michael told me the secret. " Don't... More »
What's your relationship to the Earth?
Sandra
So it is Earth week here on Zaadz. I wondered what I had to add that is not already here in such abundance? And what can I do to support the earth? How am I... More »
What's your favorite poem? Why?
Sandra
Well, dear Crow's wonderful answer has inspired me to attempt this very hard question... I love Walt Whitman 's Song of Myself, verse 48 of his poem Leaves of Grass , which I have a... More »
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August 2008 