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Gabriela Pohl's avatar

It is February 7 around noon and I was finally paying attention to your post. I had great timing! You hit all the spots I was brooding over this morning. Listening to your - quite soothing - voice, over coffee, and eventually rendering to the day’s content. A good day.

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Julia's avatar

I love how you speak about having a day with being less inspired, little low on the high and simply frustrated.

I thought about my own frustration today and how much I need a day off. Just for the fun of not wanting anything.

I was going outside on a walk and received three conversations and they did not stimulate me enough to write today (except writing to you), but at least I could feel the gratitude of this 'something is waiting outdoors' vibe.

And also: thank you for writing your books ❤😊

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Jennifer Walden's avatar

there is a beauty in mathematics that we may lose when we learn it in School...we need to resurrect the beauty if it had disappeared...

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Sabine Isabelle Simon's avatar

Thank you, dearest Patti, you might have stopped my process of reducing my tons of books....<3

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Vivian Valvano Lynch's avatar

And your “mathematicians are the least square people” is just marvelous! Thank you! We’d be lost without them , those awesome minds.

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Vivian Valvano Lynch's avatar

Oh, yes! I love my books, too, and I just love looking at them and marveling at them. Sometimes I feel like I live my life through literature!

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Trisha Roberts's avatar

Much love and peace Patti

Palestine will be free. Ceasefire now <3

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Sumishta’s Sock Drawer's avatar

Thank you Patti - I wish you beautiful days and nights thrice too!

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Bernadette's avatar

👋🏼

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Louise Bird's avatar

I loved your benign hand , playing in and out of the sphere of light. Pure maths made physical.💛

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Mariana's avatar

I love books!

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Lilan Xie's avatar

You are just so sweet

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Giovanni's avatar

"No equation

To explain the division of the senses…

Drawn by the whispering shadows

Into the mathematics

of our desire."

♥ xx

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Sra Delgado's avatar

I am always dazzled by your pure authenticity. It’s a real treat. Thank you Patti.

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John Polk's avatar

Mathematicians are the least square group of people.

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Jules Scanlon's avatar

Its exciting to hear your interest in brilliant people speaking - such a beautiful thing! astrophysicist Hakeem Oluseyi wrote an autobiography "A quantum life, My unlikely journey from the streets to the stars". I read it twice its riveting and amazing - and he's great at explaining the stars and many aspects of physics, check his TED videos. https://youtu.be/wiNnhJZf6Ys?si=lBMWFLvxZHcPOB_A

And this site has a really cool guy explaining the way the scientists do their work in chemistry. Hours of fun :) https://www.rsc.org/periodic-table/video

just click on "video" on the header and then select an element.

p.s. i very much love your brilliance

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