I know it’s late but it was one of thse days – it began with what I was thinking about what to say in the lecture about wisdom and the thought that widening academic and other horizons.  And then I thought about how wonderful this countrycould be if only we could learn from each other.  And suddenly I found myself talking with Jereis Khoury who now heads the Arabic department and how much could be accomplished by interdepartmental conferences.  And by the end of th morning we had a conference lined up at the end of the school year.  

The day continued like that.  One amazing thing after another.  Abracadabra.