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 ephemenal writing. For more formal writing, see the notes.
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.
Reflections on a weekend with Messy Church and Meeting.
Do people maintain plant diaries?
A link dump of cool things I read about exercise.
Thinking about your own past as a student/learner, what was one assignment/assessment that really stood out to you? Why was it so memorable?
A picture of some three loop braids on a pin board.
A photo of Highland Creek
A physical puzzle related to braiding.
Notes from MathEd Forum: Lauren DeDieu (Margaret Sinclair Award)
A photo of the african violets I got at the Fall Sale
Testing out my new photo upload script.
Some strawberry trailers re-potted in yoghurt containers.
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.
We saw a deer on the ride in to work.
Surprising candour and playfulness from Artin in an Annals paper.
While writing a piece about mathematical braiding, I try actual braiding.
A poem by Nanao Sakaki about the distance that one could walk in a lifetime of walking.
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.
On returning a stack of unread library books.
Thoughts about why it is so easy to overthing blogging.
Nature produces a surprising quantity of food.
Shanxi Province, sandstone, 11-13th century, Song dynasty.
A sunflower that Mira grew from seed.
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