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Enchanting numbers

This evening I have been studying maths. I've learnt about Apollonius Circles, the Radical Centre and Trilinear Coordinates.

There's a joy and a sadness to this. I love exploring numbers and playing with algorithms, but I miss being able to talk about them with my mentor. I remember when at college I was struggling with some trigonometry, one quick call to Dad reminded me that matrix multiplication and linear algebra would deftly slice through my problems.

On Saturday evening this week, Dad's sister Liz told how their mother's enthusiasm for numbers rubbed off on him. So it's not just Dad I have to thank, but Grandma too. I wish I'd known this sooner.

For now, I'll just get back to my circles and triangles, and dream of one day passing this same love on to another.