This blog is for more informal writing which I don’t intend to revise or edit. It’s just day-to-day stuff, quick updates, or ephemeral writing. For more formal writing, see the notes.
This list generates an RSS feed.Getting back in to the rhythm of family life after travel.
Nannnss, a blogger who writes at pixel dirt, wrote a provocative post that I just had to reply to: Tell Me About Your Favourite Tree.
A trip to Montreal for EMF.
A poem by Nanao Sakaki about the distance that one could walk in a lifetime of walking.
A trip to La Renkontiĝo de Esperantistaj Familioj (REF) in Geyer, Germany.
Nature produces a surprising quantity of food.
Shanxi Province, sandstone, 11-13th century, Song dynasty.
Too many books is a great problem.
While writing a piece about mathematical braiding, I try actual braiding.
These are scattered bullet point notes from Lauren DeDieu’s Margaret Sinclair Award Lecture
Testing out my new photo upload script.
Some strawberry trailers re-potted in yoghurt containers.
We saw a deer on the ride in to work.
A photo of some white water in Highland Creek.
The best exam that I ever took.
A link dump of cool things I read about exercise.
Do people maintain plant diaries?
Reflections on community and religion.
A picture of an elegant string figure position from Nauru.
I collected up some cards for from my cardfile related to a topic.
Thoughts on AI and writing.
My first week notes!
I saw some deer remains on the walk to work.
Notes from Reading Week of Winter 2025.
A week offline at home.
Coming back to work after Reading Week.
Phones, minimalism, and the Amish.
Ramping up to Pi Day. Spring is sprung!
RSS, e-mail, and conscious consumption.
The eye of the cyclone week before exams.
Feeling odd during exam week. Also, lots of poetry?
The first visit to the garden plot.
A photo of a small blue and purple african violet.
A photo of a small white african violet.
Really, I’m just a student.
Getting excited about summer and such.
Lovely weather and a bit of a phone defeat.
A hustle before heading to a retreat.
A conference, a retreat, and some flowers.
The start of gardening season.
A visit to the Toronto Botanical Garden Spring Sale 2025.
A photo of some new african violets.
An e-mail from a student about my teaching and blogging.
A string figure formed from two loops.
A picture of a heavily pinned string figure.
A translation of a string figure from Juegos y Lenguajes de Hilo en El Gran Chaco
A photo of a small pink african violet.
An image of a circular braid.
Some loose thoughts about people, labels, and approximation.
A photo of the math department with the sun rising.
A rant about why old Esperanto literature is neat.
A photo of a recently bloomed african violet.
A picture of the books on my book shelf.
A photo of a recently bloomed african violet.
A picture of some three loop braids on a pin board.
A physical puzzle related to braiding.
A photo of the african violets I got at the Fall Sale
A picture of the relation between twists and passes in $LB_n$.
A bunch of braid diagrams.
A physical example of the complicated braid relation.
Surprising candour and playfulness from Artin in an Annals paper.
A poem about the cost of mortality.
Thoughts on taking a four year old to a memorial Meeting.
After a long trip, take a couple days of rest.
After print-and-playing a game, I discovered a couple accidental games.
Creating a repertoire of mathematical experiences for sharing with others.
Gratitude, exercise, and meditation as a means of overcoming the grumps and improving well-being.
The doctor said to exercise and then my basement flooded. I exercised anyway.
Thoughts about why it is so easy to overthing blogging.
A sunflower that Mira grew from seed.
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