The significance of the fly is that it means the lengthening sunlight is causing the fly to wake up and think it's spring.
Longer days are a good sign here.
I have the opportunity to gather energy, listen to the intriguing ideas of others, and of course, enjoy being with friends. As final thought here, I'm enclosing an excerpt from a letter I wrote to England's Economic and Social Science Research Council. I used my beliefs about S-Step to illustrate the strength of developing a research community rather than training educational researchers. I thought you might be interested in seeing my response. See you Seattle.