A note to mark the date: today for the first time that I am aware of, one of my alumni showed up on campus to show his college-aged child our campus. So far I don’t think I have taught two generations of studshts, but plainly that day is approaching.

Worth adding that today I am reading Herodotus more closely than before; I have spent time deepening my knowledge of Arduino and doing a little tinkering; spent some time brushing up on my Greek, Latin, and Arabic. Spent a little time in Shakespeare (Sonnet 29, which I compared with Archilocus' words about Gyges of Paros-mentioned in Herodotus 1.12-and also with a bit of writing about Arjuna in his chariot with Sri Krishna) and wrote some updated notes for my class on Plato and Augustine this fall.

And of course I spent some time observing bees (mostly bombus, halictus, and melissodes, inspired by my garden and also by reading about the stingless eusocial honey-producing bees of the Amazon, which reminded me of a similar species in Guatemala) and stilt-bugs, about which I know so little.

Always learning new things, always renewing and deepening what I know, always tinkering and looking for the connections.

Thus do I teach.