Christmas cards teaser

This year I'm really short on time so the Christmas cards will be relatively simple. 

But beautiful nevertheless :-)

Blessed

Not often does one have the privilege of listening to a composer performing his own music. But I finally got to see Ludovico Einaudi live.

And listening to Nuvole Bianche made me cry. 

- Because it was so beautiful and emotional, almost ethereal. 

- Because never in a million years would I be able to play it like he did. 

This is a recording from another concert, but it was just as beautiful.

:-)

The other day I was buying some books in my favourite bookstore.

And the cashier greeted me with:

"I greet thee, druidess."

 :-D

She explained that when she saw me, she just had to say it out loud.

Maybe having long gray(ish) hair had something to do with it ;-)

Brittany!

I've always had a soft spot for Brittany, especially since I visited it with my parents almost 30 years ago.

So reading the news and seeing the images from the most intense storm ever hitting Brittany, well, my heart goes out to you, guys. 

So, with you in mind, I am eating Breton biscuits, reading Commissaire Dupin, listening to Nolwenn and Yann Tiersen, and sorting photos from this summer, when we were there.

If anyone can survive this storm, it's Breton people. Even if is was 207 km/h on Pointe du Raz (141 km/h 10 min average) and a maximum wave of 21m!!! 

I kind of wish I was there...

Pointe du Raz in much much calmer weather

Learning vs Understanding

I finally learned how to solve a Rubik's cube without any cheat sheets.

But I am not quite happy.

Because I learned how to solve it and do not understand why the moves solve it.

So frustrating.

So guess who is now studying permutation groups :-D

I'm not sure if understanding the Rubik's group will help me understand the moves, but hey, one step at a time. 

And one cube type at a time ;-)