This morning, I looked at the calendar and wondered, “Why is this date significant?”

I couldn’t put my finger on it. Then, this afternoon, as I was writing a scene in a novel project that Tim and I have going, a scene in which the two main characters share a piece of peach pie in a restaurant on the Oregon coast, it suddenly hit me: Pie Day!

Yup. You know me. Way more wordy than mathy.

But today, we all get to mark the celebration of math and physics,( introduced to us by our neighbors Joel and Janet decades ago when we were homeschooling.) As now most everyone knows, the Greek letter,  π , stands for an irrational numberthat is the mathematical constant, approximately equal to 3.14159, that signifies the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. And every year, 3:14–or March 14–is cause to celebrate however you choose, rationally or irrationally, consciously or (in my case, until a few moments ago) unconsciously.

The Google Doodle today celebrates it, but I was blind to that, at least consciously. But I love these kinds of coincidences, and then, when I realized that I had a photo of a pecan pie I had baked during these cold months, I thought I would share it.

Here’s hoping that your day holds a sweet surprise!

LESLIE