Marilyn's Photos - Mar 14 2026 - The Long Goodbye and PI Day

 

The Long Goodbye is a phrase for watching a loved-one fade away due to Dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. It can also refer to any drawn-out departure. In contrast there is the Irish exit. It is also known as sneaky runner method - it avoids long goodbyes.  One leaves an event without telling the host or other guests.   There are a number of versions like this:  The French version is called taking French leave, and also refers to leaving work without permission or not showing up.  The Dutch leave is an absence without permission, and an Italian goodbye is leaving the party with a vermouth cocktail in hand.  And there’s more: to leave a party without saying goodbye to the host is known as a French exit in the UK.  It is known as an Irish exit in the US.  It is a Polish exit in Germany and an English exit in France.I hope that’s all clear now. We arrive at PI DAY.   We thank Larry Shaw, a Physicist at the science museum in San Francisco for the presence of PI Day, which he founded in 1988 by having a PI Day Celebration.  He had staff and public marching around one of the circular spaces, and then consuming fruit pies.   It is said that the day is celebrated in countries that follow the month/day m/dd date format so that you get to 3/14.  Wikipedia insists that the date alignment is key to the celebration.  I guess translating March to the 3rd month, followed by 1 and 4 for the 14th day is a big number stretch in some places. This is at the Rand Estate in Niagara-on-the-Lake, a development now of luxury residences.  It once housed the stables, coach house, garage, milk house, and the head gardener’s residence.  It was modelled as an ornamental farm to complement the residential estate.  This was on a Shaw Festival Garden Tour once.

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