I’m not exactly sure what time zone I’m in. I work when I need to and sleep when I want. I keep waking up really early. So yesterday I decided to go for a morning walk. I captured this bald eagle being harassed by crows along the Ruston waterfront just after sunrise. Now I amContinue reading “July 7 Day 851: Ready to Soar”
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July 2 Day 846: OMG
Our final day in The Netherlands was jam-packed with Overwhelming Mictobial Goodness (OMG), an acronym attributed to Mark O. Martin. Mark and Ariane met at the Lab to ‘image’ the #luxart from yesterday’s session. Afterward we visited Leiden’s Saturday market. We now know the best places to buy bread, cheese, tarts, and fish. We sampledContinue reading “July 2 Day 846: OMG”
July 1 Day 845: Markish
Mark was in full-on performance mode today. He presented his seminar to a responsive audience and ran a #LuxArt workshop. It’s lovely seeing him be himself (aka being Markish) and spreading his love of microbiology around the world. So proud of this man. And so happy to share in this experience with him. (I amContinue reading “July 1 Day 845: Markish”
June 30 Day 844: This Is The Way to Travel
I have absolutely no complaints about our adventures in the Netherlands. We are in Leiden because of connections that Mark has in science and Ariane Briegel and Dennis Claessen are taking fantastic care of us. We got to observe a PhD defense today (mostly in Dutch) in an old university building. The examination committee woreContinue reading “June 30 Day 844: This Is The Way to Travel”
June 28 Day 842: We All Went Down to Amster….
You know you are in Amsterdam when you spot the canals, windmills, and bicycles. We finally made it! Just three days and one hour late but we are here. The hotel is lovely. The schedule has been rearranged. It is going to be a visit to remember. The title is an homage to a misrememberedContinue reading “June 28 Day 842: We All Went Down to Amster….”
June 27 Day 841: Dublin’s Fair City
It’s was time to deal with dirty clothes, so we packed the duffle bag and found the Temple Bar Laundry. After three hours and a lovely walk around town, we had fresh and folded clothes ready to travel to our next destination. (Plus clean masks and compression socks.) I will share a few sights alongContinue reading “June 27 Day 841: Dublin’s Fair City”
June 26 Day 840: Doubly Cancelled
I was optimistic when I awoke this morning. A quick walk to the airport and we were supposed to be off to Amsterdam—albeit delayed by a day. The airport was crazy. The lines were long. And when trying to check our baggage we got an error message “too late to check bags for this flight.”Continue reading “June 26 Day 840: Doubly Cancelled”
June 25 Day 839: A Moment of Zen
We arrived in Dublin and are staying at an airport hotel in advance of our rebooked flight tomorrow. I was exhausted from the extra late night, so we took it easy in favor of being rested and ready for our Netherlands adventure. Let me share the time lapse of the airport through the hotel window.Continue reading “June 25 Day 839: A Moment of Zen”
June 24 Day 838: Cancelled
Like so many travelers in the world right now, our flight has been cancelled. I learned this when I checked the app before going to bed. There it was on the welcome screen in a colored box under the flight travel time CANCELLED. I clicked on the link and it invited me to rebook myContinue reading “June 24 Day 838: Cancelled”
June 23 Day 837: Celebrating RAB Part II
The second half of the mini symposium celebrating the long success of Richard Brualdi featured four more speakers. Michael Schroeder, John Goldwasser, me, and the man himself. More stories, more mathematics, more fun. It was the most technologically diverse session I’ve seen. First, we got the lapel mike working so we could walk about theContinue reading “June 23 Day 837: Celebrating RAB Part II”
Math Belongs to All of Us 