von's folks arrived last night for von's graduation, after long flights from sydney via singapore and new york. today is von's phi beta kappa induction, and while he went off to join the procession (his mother was appalled that he was wearing flipflops with his gown.) i sat at harvard square's ABP with them for half an hour, then walked across the yard to sanders theatre. von's dad took lots of photos, but i don't think we caught von on film. afterwards, when i came out of mem hall, the academic procession had just begun. i saw jim engell, the english department chair, go by, but he wasn't in his regalia, just an ordinary suit. scarlet and blue strolled by, then the black bachelor robes. i spotted von, magali and zach (all from dunster) although to be more accurate i nearly didn't recognise von, it was the flipflopped feet that gave him away.