“I’m 15 and I’m home schooled”

Science outreach has always been one of my primary interests. I like talking about current research with the general public in a language that they will understand and I like knowing their thoughts and opinions on science and scientists. All of yesterday and the day before, I was a demonstrator at an Edinburgh International Science Festival event talking to people of all ages about my research and general science at the University.

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Just type away

It’s 1:01 PM here. And it’s pouring outside. It’s the Monday after Easter. I had to be at work but I decided to skip it today. I am lucky to have this flexibility to work when I want to as long as the work gets done! (Before you get all dreamy eyed to live my life instead of yours, let me tell you I had a full day at work yesterday. On Easter Sunday. Yes. An exhausting day at work!!! That’s sort of the price I pay…)

Not just a woman..

Woke up to many ‘Happy Women’s Day’ messages from relatives and friends. Sweet. It is International Women’s Day after all. And I take a few minutes now to think about the woman I am and the reason behind it…

The Reasons Why…

I was just reading Susan’s blog at Rhythm in Life and she wrote a post about flipping through the pages of her wedding album. She writes about how she has been avoiding it for a while and how it brings back memories both happy and sad. She says the album reminds her of people that have passed on, relationships that have ceased to exist, people she wished she had by her side when she said her vows, the faith her partner had in her to travel all the way to Uganda to say their vows, his compassion, their special moment, etc. I thought it was a beautiful post.

The Big Move…

I sit at a cafeteria…my favourite in Edinburgh, for it is very special. It’s called Project Coffee and it is on Bruntsfield Place, right around the corner from where I live. In just another day I will have to rephrase this statement and say “…around the corner from where I used to live.”

Allegra

Allegra – it is a female name of Italian origin meaning joyful, happy, lively. Well that’s what the internet told me. But to me Allegra is special…

Love-15-30-40-Game!

While everyone (well, everyone interested in tennis) has their eyes glued to the television sets watching the spectacular tennis tournament that is The Championships Wimbledon, I get the inspiration for my next article. I am listening to McEnroe’s commentary on the Roger Federer-Grigor Dimitrov match and researching on the scoring system. Most people would wonder why tennis has a scoring system where you go 0-15-30-40-Game instead of perhaps 0-15-30-45-Game. The latter surely sounds more sensible.

Davy’s Audience

I was at a science symposium, or so I thought. It was a symposium where I was presenting my work in a poster. It was organized by our funding body. Most talks…well, all but one, were about science. Although not closely related to what I did, some biological problem was being addressed. Until…a historian walked onto the stage to give her talk.

Longing – a Haiku

With many things taken care of during the past 3 weeks work wise, I am back to more writing. Today, I tell you my account of a Haiku Workshop I went to. And this is straight from my diary…as things happened.

Sandwich

I was on the bus so I didn’t have much time to see this, register it and absorb it’s beauty. But after a few minutes or possibly a couple of hours the beauty sank in and now I am smiling at the beautiful gesture.