I’m at Peace On Pi Day
Another AR March Challenge Entry
(Or is it an Entree?)
In some circles today, March 14, 2025, is also known by its far more interesting name, Pi Day. No, not National Pie Day which is celebrated each January. Admittedly, there are countless confusing things in everyday life. Mixing up Pi Day with that much too tempting (for some) taste treat might be a delicious dessert sidestep in the buffet line of life.
Of course, Pi Day celebrates the mathematical constant which quite frankly is not as fun to explain or to digest. Any day can come together for me as words, wordplay and many sorts of combinations dealing with etymology are parts of a bigger picture. Yeah, I know I'm a word nerd who finds such stuff fascinating.
Words. Spoken and read as well as those overheard in passing can be fuel for fodder. Talk about a never-ending source of conversation, right? And when elements of arithmetic arrive, the possibilities for mind expansion can be exponential even for those of us who really don't have keen awareness or sense for numerous things from the analytical world. Anyone up for a word problem or two? Do you remember those days in elementary school where the English language tried to combine with math in the most challenging of ways. If a locomotive was traveling. . . How about a discussion on the subjectivity of statistics? Combine those things with some wordplay and we're talking fun times, for sure.
Back to today and its relationship to this month's challenge. I'm at peace today, March 14, on Pi Day as pieces of it feed my imagination. Many sorts of communication, the symbolism of words as well as the reality of mathematics combine in interesting (at least for me) ways. In the meantime, these words of wisdom from that math acquaintance, Pythagoras are memorable and meaningful today as food for thought is served:
Silence is better than unmeaning words.
There is geometry in the humming of strings,
there is music in the spacing of spheres.
A thought is an idea in transit.
And for a different slice on the subject, I will leave you with these thoughts of a man famous (or infamous) from the pie world of my childhood, Soupy Sales:
I've always been a big fan of pie.
Although it may seem to some, that this post was quickly "thrown together" - words as well as mathematics combine to make sense in my mind and divvy up my thoughts. This is another (perhaps, tongue-in-cheek entry for the March 2025 AR Challenge co-hosted by Patricia Feager and Lew Corcoran as combinations in life continue to come together in many sorts of ways. I continue to appreciate how such things combine in everyday life. Life's a feast, let's enjoy it!
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