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Generations of Knowledge: From Gramma Hawes to the Mantis Shrimp, How Vision and Learning Shape Our World
In How the Light Gets In, by Louise Penny, Lambert’s team believes they have the cyber intruders. Chief Inspector Lambert key taps are...
Sophia Hawes-Tingey
Jan 14, 20255 min read


Tough as a Tardigrade
In The Oleander Sword , by Natasha Suri, Elder Priya’s punishment is almost pleasant, doing something more times that she could count in...
Sophia Hawes-Tingey
Jan 6, 20254 min read


Still Here Burning to be Seen
In The Jasmine Throne , by Natasha Suri, Bhumika tells Priya that she doesn’t see the man her brother Ashok has become. Priya can almost...
Sophia Hawes-Tingey
Dec 30, 20247 min read


We Have Met the Enemy
In Metal from Heaven , by August Clarke, the narrator dresses up as Velma Truth Loveday, and heads downstairs all packed. Mago whispers...
Sophia Hawes-Tingey
Dec 16, 20244 min read
Persistence is Not Futile
In The Brutal Telling , by Louise Penney, the Chief Inspector strolls into the living room once more with the new owners of the Hadley...
Sophia Hawes-Tingey
Dec 9, 20244 min read


Just Stop--Seriously
In More Grains than Stars of Sand , Al Forsyth notes that the largest litter among mammals goes to the tenrec of Madagascar which...
Sophia Hawes-Tingey
Dec 1, 20247 min read


Better "Human Beans"
The topic for Sunday seems to have been on emotional intelligence. At church, the reflection was on the dichotomy of knowledge-based vs...
Sophia Hawes-Tingey
Nov 23, 20244 min read


Don't Freak Out--Okay, Maybe Just a Little
In Eden’s Endgame , by Barry Kirwan, Kalaran asks, ‘how do you sacrifice for the higher good when you are the higher good?’ It is...
Sophia Hawes-Tingey
Nov 15, 20248 min read


A Pause to Reflect
The Utah State Legislature is at it again. This time they signed a letter supporting Utah university volleyball teams that refused to...
Sophia Hawes-Tingey
Nov 8, 20246 min read


Shadows of the Underworld
I assembled this year’s Halloween costume just in time for a Halloween fundraiser last Friday night. I searched all over the place for my...
Sophia Hawes-Tingey
Nov 1, 20245 min read


Home is Where Community Is
Thursday evening, I attended Sips with SCOTUS, an event sponsored by the ACLU of Utah, where four Supreme Court Cases are paired with...
Sophia Hawes-Tingey
Oct 24, 20247 min read


The Person Within
I was fighting a post-election slump by not wanting to be in the room where the ballots were counted so I didn’t have to see a...
Sophia Hawes-Tingey
Oct 16, 20246 min read


Making a World of Sense
In More Stars than Grains of Sand , Al Forsyth shares the fact that in each strand in each of our 37 trillion cells of DNA is over three...
Sophia Hawes-Tingey
Oct 8, 20249 min read


Tell Me a Story
The Utah Democratic Party Central Committee had their quarterly meeting in Delta, Utah. I stayed home, reading The Truths We Hold , by...
Sophia Hawes-Tingey
Sep 28, 20248 min read


Decisions, Decisions
This week, I canvassed 38 doors for Jake Fitisemanu, Jenny Wilson, and the Democratic Salt Lake County Council candidates. Mayor Jenny...
Sophia Hawes-Tingey
Sep 20, 20246 min read


Yes We Can
Saturday, I met up in the park to canvass 25 Murray homes for Rosalba Dominguez and Natalie Pinkney, who are running for the Utah...
Sophia Hawes-Tingey
Sep 13, 20248 min read


Building a Better World
In The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet , by Becky Chambers, a “sticky, oily, sour-smelling green gunk” lies pooling around a creature’s...
Sophia Hawes-Tingey
Sep 6, 20247 min read


Kindling Hope in the Darkest Night
This week we had a massive light show to the north. It looked like a lot of electrical activity. It could have been a really freakish...
Sophia Hawes-Tingey
Aug 26, 20245 min read


Making the Dysfunctional Functional
In The Chalice of the Gods , Rick Riordan paints some memorable and humorous scenes. One includes Grover distracting snakes with music,...
Sophia Hawes-Tingey
Aug 19, 20243 min read


Many are Called, Few Chosen
Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris picked her running mate this week, the governor of Minnesota Tim Walz, and she has picked up a lead...
Sophia Hawes-Tingey
Aug 11, 20248 min read
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