Join me at the April Sacramento Speakers Network Meetup

I’M BACK AND I’M WRITIN’ AND TALKIN’. I took about a year-long hiatus from this blog as other demands commanded attention, but I’m back and more deeply immersed in all things “Think Inside The Box” than ever before. If you’re in the Sacramento area, check out the Sacramento Speakers Network Meetup group run by Stephanie Chandler. She invited me to be a guest speaker, so mark down April 4th and come out.

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What's the Meaning of This?

MATH IS NOT MY FRIEND. It is at best an acquaintance, at worst a nemsis, and nearly always an awkward guest in my home. We sit across the room from each other, nervously crossing and uncrossing our legs, searching for something in common to talk about. For Kathleen McDaniel (the youngest of my three sisters) however, math is a friend, a constant companion and even a source of comfort. Math can come into her house without knocking and sometimes they even laugh together. So I was surprised but pleased when Kathleen and I found ourselves agreeing about the relationship between creativity and math in an email exchange yesterday.

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