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Dramatis persona*
Helen Chick
I've always wanted a bumper sticker that said "I'm a female, LDS/Mormon, Scout leading, geocaching, piano-playing, bicycling, mathematics educator with a PhD in maths ... and I VOTE"! I think this makes me a minority group of cardinality 1! * Since there's only one of me and "personae" is plural (I think), I've gone with dramatis persona. Visits since May 2016 |
It was the last night of Scouts for the term, and, as it happens, my penultimate night for a few months. Unbeknownst to me certain people had organised a farewell supper and bon voyage cards, which were very much appreciated. There was also a surprise gift. My good friend May, who has amazing creative powers, had transformed the […] I’m still making up my mind about what sort of things to include in a blog. There’s a curious clash between the public and the private and I’m not yet sure where my boundaries are. Part of my reason for writing a blog is to keep in touch with family and friends, and yet in reality […] Back when I was at high school (the late 19xx’s!!) we learnt something of the art of geometric proof, which had not yet started to go the way of the Tasmanian Tiger. Despite the fact that the learning of Latin HAD just about gone the way of the Tasmanian Tiger we signed off our proofs with […] I’ve been a leader in the Scout movement for a long time now … 27 years in fact (which is a bit scary) and I guess I’m a bit of a traditionalist at heart (or an old fogey … depending on which way you look at it!). Despite my concerns about climate change and the environment, […] Okay, so this is NOT being written at the time in the song title … but, for better or worse (both, I think), I WAS awake at that time. I didn’t want to be, and I am certainly suffering the consequences now, but it was necessary. So, why the title? Well, on Wednesday morning at 3am I […] |
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