A Verrry Long Weekend Is Over!

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Pals in Pi,

Happy Monday!  In the good old days, I would always root for Pi Day to fall on a weekday.  The glow of the holiday shines brightest when teachers and students are together at school on the actual 3/14 and the raucous revelry is uninhibited.

And so perhaps it’s fitting that the last two Pi Days have fallen on a Saturday and a Sunday.  For many of us, they’ve landed as silently as a leaf drifting down to a snowy forest floor.  We’ve had much bigger things on our minds and hearts over the past two years, dating back, for many parts of the U.S., to a new way of life that began very suddenly on none other than March 14, 2020.

Call it a Pi-atus, or a verrry long weekend, or whatever you like.  It’s Monday, kids are back at school, and Pi Day is ready to play!

So, just like any other activity that we’ve set aside for the last couple years, we’re going to have to warm up our mathematical muscles before we can sprint again.  Let this year’s Pi Day be part of that rediscovery and renewal, reminding all of us how great it feels to share something silly again.

It’s Monday… so get out there and celebrate! :-)

Luke

Feels Like the Good Ol’ (Pi) Days!

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Partners in Pi,

This year’s Pi Day just feels right. After a few years of paused traditions, unspoken digits, and uneaten slices, Pi Day 2023 feels like a good old fashioned, typical Pi Day… and that’s a good thing! It falls on a Tuesday, which is a perfectly bland day in the school and work week to spice up with your favorite celebrations from yesteryear… or with a brand new idea that you’ve been cooking up.

Creativity certainly springs eternal in the Pi community: schools and companies are starting new gatherings, digit memory contests are popping up everywhere, and those with musical and lyrical gifts have gotten back to work writing new song tributes, including folks like high school teacher Mr. Jacques and science writer Devin Powell. (Check out their brand new musical offerings on the Your Music page!)

This marks the 36th Pi Day in the holiday’s official modern era — that’s an even three dozen!  I’m so fortunate to been actively involved in 25 of them (wow, I’m starting to feel a bit… infinite!).  I will always draw energy from the collective buzz around the holiday as it approaches, and maybe this is just an old timer talking, but this one really does feel like we as a Pi community are fully back in business, and ready to eat up, memorize, sing out, and celebrate!

Pi Day Forever,

Luke