WEF:  I thoroughly enjoyed our March 4 evening  and presenting “Interconnectedness: Women, Nature, and the Stories of the Stars” under the West Ottawa Planetarium’s night sky. Like my astronomer characters Jillian and Kera, I read under a “red light at night to keep the stars in sight” and was inspired by being able to share, while reading, the stars and deep space wonders that were in my mind as I wrote Base Ten.

The women of WEF definitely “got” the connection between the inner workings of the stars and our human lifecycles, especially the wave-like changes we go through as women navigating milestones such as love, career, partnership, and motherhood (often simultaneously!) that have us constantly reforming our definitions of self.  As our discussion revealed, even as we marvel at the presence of great star-forming stellar nurseries in space – the maternal echoed in the universe – claiming and reclaiming our truest sense of self (our core) is important work in the quest toward self-fulfillment and service to others. And, as The Pleiades demonstrates, it’s imperative to seek self with a great group of sisters.

So to All:  Take heart, stay as true to your core as you can, and keep looking up – together.

Maryann - Thanks for an enlightening evening and providing the women of WEF a unique glimpse into the nature of stars…and ourselves…~ Meena

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