Remembrance for Poincaré

If you have read Cixin Liu’s The Three Body Problem, the name Henri Poincaré might ring a bell. Poincaré was an early twentieth century mathematical master. One of his feats was an analysis of how three masses in mutual orbit behave. This analysis provides the foundation for chaos theory. In Liu’s science fiction book, the […]

Rain in Paris

Raindrops

Clochers de Paris

To really be inspired check out clochers.org

Waiting for a visa

An existential condition and a book

For Maria

We celebrated the life of my cousin Maria today. She was a little over a year older than I, and leaves to this world a devoted partner Greg and daughter Morgan and son Jordan. This day was full of remembrance and thanks, joy and beauty, pain, loss, hope, wisdom. I think of flowers this day […]

Solace from New Zealand

The bravery of New Zealand in confronting pain and loss, in embracing its Muslim community, in confronting white supremacy is like an opening for humanity to move forward. This photo. https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/03/photos-mourning-new-zealand/585304/#img02 This moment of a worshipper at Kilbirnie Masjid embracing New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is the essence of all that we need to […]

Visionary women of Atlanta

In honor of Black history month, thought I would highlight some inspiring murals that adorn Atlanta’s Auburn Avenue. The first highlights the contributions of four women to Atlanta. They are Selena Butler, Mathilda Beasley, Annie McPheeters, and Dorothy Thompson. Dorothy Bolden Thompson was one of the true unsung lights of the Civil Rights movement. Employed […]

Black history month book giveaway!

In honor of the U.S. Black History Month commemoration, I am giving away two copies of the book W. E. B. Du Bois’s Data Portraits: Visualizing Black America. What do you have to do to be a winner? Be one of the first to create and send in a visualization inspired by the set of […]

Tidying the mind

If you’re de-cluttering your space this year, please try this iTunes podcast. Dr. Gayatri Sethi (my partner) talks about how to begin tidying the mind. Working from home myself, I find her advice invaluable. Whether or not you have a thousand sneakers to get out of your living space, getting your mind right sounds like […]

What are the Muskogee holy days?

When does the United States get to the level of spiritual and psychological maturity to honor the peoples and civilization that lived on its soil and held its skies and rivers sacred before the first European countries even existed? I eat, live and breath on stretches of earth that were carefully and lovingly maintained, defended, […]