Here we are in the middle of July already. In some places, the kids will be heading back to school in just about a month! Do you remember when as a kid, summer vacation seemed to go on FOREVER? How each day seemed to last an ETERNITY, and you just kept running and playing with all your friends until the street lamps came on and you had to head home?
Truly, time does seem to speed up as you get older. Unless you're listening to the Beach Boys tune or watching the classic surf movie of the same name, as grown-ups we realize with some sadness, that there is no "Endless Summer." The street lights come on too early. Labor Day gets here too soon. Youth passes too quickly, autumn and winter (both meteorological and metaphorical) will be here before we know it. Nothing is endless.
Except a Mobius strip.
Did you ever make a mobius strip? It's one of those activities, like catching fire flies (or lightning bugs, depending on where you lived) that you probably did as a kid. If you've made one, you know what it is. If not...here's a quick lesson:
Take a strip of paper (just tear a piece about 2" wide down the length of a piece of printer paper). Put a single twist in the paper, and then join the ends with a piece of tape or a staple. Now...take a pen, and starting where the ends are joined, draw a line down the center of the strip, all the way around the strip. You'll see what happens.........It's ENDLESS!!
There are lots of mathematical explanations and calculations that explain why the line you draw on your Mobius strip, if measured, is 2 times the length of the strip of paper itself (because you drew on both sides, without stopping). The math is mind-boggling. The uses in physics and engineering are confounding. I just think it's cool.
So I made one in silver! Pretty cool, huh? It's the Piece of the Week. Check it out on the website (link below).
Until next week- I hope your summer days are infinitely enjoyable and create memories that will last foreternity.
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