It is very hard for me to write this. I still can’t talk about Dad in past tense… It has been six months since my father decided it was time for him to go. Though my brother and I saw it coming, his passing came unexpectedly, and hit us both very hard. Does one believe in the mystery of numbers? Dad was born and deceased on the 5th, being with us exactly eighty-eight years and eight months to the day. So much for his passion for math! Everything had to be beautiful in his lif

Do you feel the time is passing by quicker, or is it just me?... My last blog came out in the fall of 2024! Honestly, it felt like a day before yesterday. This writeup has been long, long overdue. Yep, I am getting more masterful at procrastinating. My poor students! I am not cutting you any slack, but am faulty myself, for crying out loud!... I hereby testify that I am guilty of not celebrating my amazing students enough. Let me try to make up for that here. This school year

Wow! Labor Day already passed? When did this happen?.. I remember the summers of my childhood were endless, hot (nope, we didn’t have air...

This year went by so fast! Whew, it was so busy… When will I figure out how to slow down? The kids grew up very fast too, almost as if I,...

Some of my devoted readers do not tire of reminding me to get to writing. Thank you! I officially decided to stop procrastinating. Just...

Hi there! I've been out of touch for a while...Life took over. Several blog ideas are brewing in my mind but real life projects took...

Do you sometimes wake up feeling lucky? I do. VERY rarely though! Most of the time it is “What day of the week is today? Why did I need...

April weather…the usual for Colorado… winter followed by summer, hot, snowing, hot, hailing, hot, freezing, blowing, turn on the air. But...

March is full of all sorts of holidays, real and made up; there is an Internationals Women’s Day, which – surprise! – turned into a month...

Happy Holidays! This includes, but not limited to, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, New Year, and whatever you love to celebrate in...

…My mind likes to play with numbers, while driving, out of boredom, I should have become a mathematician or an engineer, like all others...

Happy Labor Day to all! The hot, relaxing, yet fun days of summer are over, and now we all, I hope, are reenergized, ready to dive into...

One of my student’s parents recently shared that her favorite pianist is Evgeny Kissin. I agreed right away; he has such a sensitive,...

Last night I attended chamber music concert at Colorado College's Summer Music Festival. What a marvelous program that was! That Packard...

I was thinking about blogs forever, just never had time for it. How does it work? Where to start? How often do people post? This is where...