Retirement Day #2395 April 30, 2026 “Every spring is the only spring – a perpetual astonishment” – Mary Oliver For 57 of my 68yrs, my life’s rhythm was bound to the academic calendar. This professional life meant that when the earth underwent that profound, rapid, beautiful metamorphosis called “seasonal change,” I was immersed up to my mortar board in the obligatory craziness of curriculum, conferences, committees, classes, exams, meetings, projects, proposals, advising, reh