Tom Brown
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Apart from studies in the natural sciences I am interested in languages and literature in general as well as religion. Lately I have been writing more popular general interest essays and also trying for a bit of balance with mathematics and while keeping things understandable for most people.
I am South-African born and bred. At high school I excelled in science and mathematics competitions and completed two years of mechanical engineering with very good results. That didn't work out due to ill health. I have had permanent teaching positions at Unisa and at Wits.
Graduating with an MSc under WK Bartoszek (Unisa 1997) and a PhD under N Sauer (Pretoria 2006) formal interests would be in abstract analysis: Markov operators and stochastic processes; vector valued Laplace transforms applied to semigroups and families of evolution equations (empathies). It has now been quite a while since I was academically active I don't have much published. The way things have developed was beyond my control and I am very isolated.
Favourite authors are Jules Verne, HG Wells and Jack London, Shakespeare and poets William Blake and Dylan Thomas. I like adventure, science fiction and fantasy movies my all time greatest are the Narnia stories and the Lord of the Rings.
The meal best enjoyed is a breakfast of bacon eggs on toast fried chips with fresh orange juice, and for supper an ox-tail stew. I like eating out romantic. For recreation nature hikes, camping and fishing, listening to good music and reading, classics mostly, and good movies. I love dogs my best one was a Maltese poodle Freddy. I love rain and lightning thunderstorms and rainbows. As well as writing and publishing here on Abctales.
God is in the details. God is in the timing.
Know the flowers just
Posted on Fri, 17 Mar 2023
Know the flowers just didn't know it's daffodils. Beautiful contrasts, these small poems are a great art. Were they origianally chinese? I would have said "spring rises". While we're heading for winter.
Keep well! Tom
Read full commentPosted in Haiku - Daffodils.
Yes the music
Posted on Wed, 15 Mar 2023
Yes the music,The Doors and Janis Joplin I liked most and Elvis. The Beetles I don't know, strange to me they were so immensely popular. Just "Let it be" that's about it. And "Hey dude".
See you had a good time with the boys I always...
Read full commentPosted in Part Of Something Special
Scary, better safe
Posted on Fri, 17 Mar 2023
Scary, better safe than sorry, or how do they say, discretion is the better part of valour. I never liked horror movies but I've learnt a taste for them now especially the funny ones.
See you! Tom
Read full commentPosted in Scream
I enjoy all your poems
Posted on Fri, 17 Mar 2023
I enjoy all your poems Richard but this one feels like it stops halfway? Maybe a kid's imagination?
Cheers! Tom
Read full commentPosted in Something
fantasies
Posted on Wed, 22 Feb 2023
Indeed "mythological fabrications and fantasies," says it all. Wonder if they really believed any of it? Stupid. Although I found the poem a bit complicated.
All the best Rhiannon! Tom
Read full commentPosted in Tarnished gods
"blueness is bluer
Posted on Sat, 25 Feb 2023
"blueness is bluer than blue" saw you standing by the winding river, saw you standing by the shining stream, Ancient of days, ancient of days .Not original VM actually a church song.
Keep well Richard! Cheers! Tom
Read full commentPosted in A Satisfied Life
Another Update?
Posted on Mon, 08 Aug 2022
Another Update? Excellent Paul! You are in danger of becoming an authority yourself! Great stuff. It might be a good idea at this stage to divide your work into contributions of more accessible parts.
By the way I am quite serious about...
Read full commentPosted in Is There Anybody Up There ? [- 1st instalment]
Sounds like good stuff
Posted on Mon, 06 Feb 2023
Sounds like good stuff they smoke a lot of it here. Joking!
Nice picture by the way. See you Jenny! Tom
Read full commentPosted in Secrets Of A Green Man
You know winter is here
Posted on Fri, 03 Feb 2023
You know winter is here when the swallows are all over rows and rows on the wires preparing to leave. Would love to do that. Take summer with you.
Cheers! Tom Brown
Read full commentPosted in Blue Yonder
Especially with the sirens and lights!
Posted on Mon, 30 Jan 2023
Especially with the sirens and lights! I want to be a fireman when I grow up.
Loved it! See you Rhiannon! Tom
Read full commentPosted in Let the Blue through!
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