Posts in 2025
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Old Work
Tuesday, August 05, 2025 in Old Work
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Old Work These are typically from rather old handwritten notebook pages. For whatever reason, they survived. Their survival indicates that I should put them out to the world. There is no expectation of quality in these works. Most date to my teenage …
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Helen Porth Dalton
Tuesday, March 04, 2025 in Helen Dalton
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My Mom was Helen Dalton. She was a social butterfly and loved being around and with people. One of her phrases was “Its a small world”, meaning people interconnected. I think that she and I are very different people, with drastically …
Posts in 2022
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Truth 03
Tuesday, May 31, 2022 in Fragments
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Most would argue that what’s true is true. That there does indeed exist an ultimate or quintessential underlying reality. But is this a valid understanding? In my studies of mathematics, especially probability and statistics, we assume that …
Posts in 2020
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Habits 01
Sunday, June 28, 2020 in Fragments
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It is important to practice good habits of the mind at all times. Why? When we are not actively practicing good habits, we may lazily fall into bad habits. Bad habits are formed of the aggregate of our lives mixed with the cement of our passions, …
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Grandmother Porth
Friday, June 26, 2020 in Fragments
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Grandma Porth taught me cards and other games. While I don’t really play many games now, the lessons of probability I learned from her teaching have remained. She was a world traveler who loved new experiences and cultures. Her dedication to …
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Truth 01
Tuesday, June 23, 2020 in Fragments
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Truth is hard and I will likely give it many fragments. I consider the discernment of truth, one of the most difficult and important things to put the efforts of my mind toward. It is a goal of religions, sciences, and philosophies.
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Gary Dalton Jr
Sunday, June 21, 2020 in Fragments
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My Dad, Gary Dalton Jr. He struggled to find his identity and eventually paid the price for that struggle. From him, I learned the value of being open to the thoughts, ideas, opinions, and identities of others. He acknowledged to me that I do not …
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Grandfather Dalton
Friday, June 19, 2020 in Fragments
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Thank you to my Grandfather Dalton, the original Garold. I gained much from your enjoyment, thought, and discussion (not argument) given to politics and your great ability to care little for labels. I recall a discussion we had regarding some …