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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.


Messy Church and Meeting

Reflections on a weekend with Messy Church and Meeting.

Plant Diary Question

Do people maintain plant diaries?

Fitness Reading

A link dump of cool things I read about exercise.

Pedagogy Group Reflection

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?

One Handed Loop Braiding the Trinity

A picture of some three loop braids on a pin board.

Highland Creek Gurgle

A photo of Highland Creek

Braid Puzzle

A physical puzzle related to braiding.

MathEd Forum September 2024

Notes from MathEd Forum: Lauren DeDieu (Margaret Sinclair Award)

African Violet Fall Sale 2024

A photo of the african violets I got at the Fall Sale

A Very Quick Blog Post

Testing out my new photo upload script.

Re Potted Some Strawberry Trailers

Some strawberry trailers re-potted in yoghurt containers.

The Complicated Twist and Pass Relation

A picture of the relation between twists and passes in $LB_n$.

Feeling Braid-y

A bunch of braid diagrams.

Complicated Relation Follow Up

A physical example of the complicated braid relation.

A Buck on the Ride In

We saw a deer on the ride in to work.

They Don't Write 'Em Like They Used to: Artin (1947)

Surprising candour and playfulness from Artin in an Annals paper.

A Bit of Loop Braiding

While writing a piece about mathematical braiding, I try actual braiding.

Go Walk Mathematics

A poem by Nanao Sakaki about the distance that one could walk in a lifetime of walking.

The Cost

A poem about the cost of mortality.

Take Little Kids to Memorial Meetings

Thoughts on taking a four year old to a memorial Meeting.

Travel Day of Rest

After a long trip, take a couple days of rest.

Accidental Games

After print-and-playing a game, I discovered a couple accidental games.

Mathematical Experiences

Creating a repertoire of mathematical experiences for sharing with others.

G.E.M.

Gratitude, exercise, and meditation as a means of overcoming the grumps and improving well-being.

Doctor Says "Yes!" and A Flooded Basement

The doctor said to exercise and then my basement flooded. I exercised anyway.

Unread Library Books

On returning a stack of unread library books.

Overthinking Blogging

Thoughts about why it is so easy to overthing blogging.

On The Superabundance of Nature

Nature produces a surprising quantity of food.

ROM Louhan

Shanxi Province, sandstone, 11-13th century, Song dynasty.

Sunflower

A sunflower that Mira grew from seed.

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