Day 185: Puttering

Long night's sleep and leisurely breakfast followed by catching up on all the little things I do not get around to on weekdays. How did I ever manage to work full-time and still be active on many other fronts? Beyond my comprehension :-)

It was nice to be able to straighten up a bit, load and run the dishwasher, and spend some time coordinating logistics and researching texts for Assassins. At a relaxed pace. In my own living room.

Happy Saturday everyone!

Day 184: Perspective

Patrick James killed Red John today. At least that's the episode they aired. It's a rerun, even here in Sweden. Still, I paid more careful attention to their dialogue this time around to discover that it really is an amazing exercise in perspective. Well written and acted too.

What on earth does this have to do with happy? Nothing really. Now happy, that's getting help with the dishes! And watching the transforming work of a pro.

Day 183: Full Gallop

Håkan Jonson as Diana Vreeland in a two hour one-man play was simply delightful. A happy way to end a busy day and in the company of members of "my" company.

P.S. Now officially half-way through a year of finding happy...that, too, makes me happy!

Day 182: A visual feast

Managed to squeeze in a brief visit at the opening of Finnish artist Jorma Puranen's exhibition, after the end of today's rehearsal and the Kabbalah class I attend on Wednesday evenings. Puranen's photos are strikingly painting-like. He achieves this effect by photographing the reflection of light in pieces of wood that he has painted black. The one you see here is from a series he called Icy Prospects, capturing the magnificent arctic landscape for which I have a special affinity.

Day 181: Time zones

In some part of the world it is still yesterday and I have not missed day 181 of my blog ;-)
Why, you ask? Exhaustion I reply. But it was worth it!

Had breakfast with a former colleague and friend who is now working in France. He was here on a (very short) business trip and our only opportunity to get together was yesterday morning. At 7 AM. The crack of dawn :-) We figured out that it's been eight years since he was last in Stockholm and I lamented his departure which had a strong negative effect on my social life. On the other hand, I now have a good excuse to visit Paris...as if one needs an excuse for that.

And now, on to today...

Day 180: You learn something new every day

That isn't just a saying for me today. I learned all about inscribed angles today. Well, maybe not all but enough to be able to explain a particularly tricky math problem to a number of students who were at the Mattecentrum convention...that is, after another volunteer explained it to me.

Joy!

(Oh, if you're curious too, here's a link )

Day 179: Brain calesthenics

In a most relaxing pause in my day today, I spent some time preparing for the math convention that Mattecentrum is organizing. This is the first time I will have been at a Fall one, in the spring we set up big tents in Sergels Torg, a round square right out side Stadsteatern (The City Theater Center). Tomorrow we get more luxurious digs...Blå Hallen at Statshuset. This is where the city hosts the Nobel Dinner every year at City Hall. Quite magnificent. Just like the work that we do.

A good reminder of how much I like math and that I once was quite good at it too (until I hit pre-calc and it all died in the dust with a bang ;-)). I will be helping youngsters with Math B or 2 as they've now renamed it. It's a bit of algebra, quadratic equations, graphs, basic geometry (not the proofs, applications), probability. The fun stuff ;-) I do better on Matte B then 2...although they are supposed to be on equivalent levels...I think.

That's the news for today. More tomorrow.