For some time now I have been on frequent travel. You know what this means – quick meals from the drive-through window, not enough “good for you” foods and drinks, exposure to lots of other people on the run and sometimes sick with a cold or flu, lack of a good night’s …

Yesterday was a little busier than normal. In the morning I gave a research talk, “Text analysis with Iterative Denoising,” at the spring meeting of the International Biometric Society, Eastern North American Region.

The conference was in Arlington, Virginia and my hotel was overlooking the Reagan …

Some friends took me to visit The Arboretum, in Arcadia, California. Located on 127 acres, The Arboretum is a tranquil botanical garden and historical site.

We saw lots of birds there too, including geese, ducks, and peacocks. This one bird was perched on a branch above the water and sat there …