Shakertown.(POETRY FEATURE)(Poem)

New Orleans Review;  December 1, 2007 ;     101 words ......headed asters in their circles, their clusters, their inner distances. A red roof fills one corner inside a ruled square: happy cube and its inhabitants happy in their well--framed house. We call the secretary to the table and feed him apples of remorse...

Dr. Gadget finds gizmos that amaze and delight: He's bringing his act to...

Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH);  February 17, 2007 ;     559 words ......kid, around the creative side. That expertise grew when he started a product development company that took a toy called the Happy Cube to market. After the toy was knocked off by an imitator, he said, he became embroiled in a legal challenge and used the knowledge...

Reaching for the box

Mathematics Teaching;  March 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......the attention. On the last day of term three Y11 boys, only one of whom I teach, sat at the back of my room absorbed with Happy Cube puzzles3 for over half an hour. The one that I do teach has an almost empty exercise book and truants a good proportion of...