I’m as restless as a willow in a windstorm I’m as jumpy as a puppet on a string… --Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein, “It Might as Well Be Spring” Every year, it amazes me again: the way the light shifts from February to March, growing sharper, brighter and (slightly) warmer, as winter slides away and spring creeps in to take its place. After the Daylight Savings time change (exacerbated, this year, by jet lag after a much-needed trip out west), the evenings are spacious, the light stretching into the sky until well after 7 p.m. But from my perch on top of the hill in East Boston, I can hear winter’s winds hanging on, rustling the still-bare tree branches and clanging through the masts of the white-wrapped sailboats in the shipyard.
I I love that you've recognized the circuitous route spring often takes getting here, playing hide and seek with our winter weary spirits. It's the same here in Michigan, with cold and snow flurries today. I'm actually embracing this slow start, happy to have some of the wintry days to help me ease into the spring spotlight at a slower pace.
Happy to see you on Substack, Katie. I always appreciate your beautiful writing and reflections.
You are a terrific writer, Katie. I always enjoy your wordsmithing and this edition is no exception. Baseball will fix a lot of springtime’s shortcomings. It nearly always does. :-)
I I love that you've recognized the circuitous route spring often takes getting here, playing hide and seek with our winter weary spirits. It's the same here in Michigan, with cold and snow flurries today. I'm actually embracing this slow start, happy to have some of the wintry days to help me ease into the spring spotlight at a slower pace.
Happy to see you on Substack, Katie. I always appreciate your beautiful writing and reflections.
You are a terrific writer, Katie. I always enjoy your wordsmithing and this edition is no exception. Baseball will fix a lot of springtime’s shortcomings. It nearly always does. :-)
Thank you, Ron! And yes, of course baseball is your antidote to spring's struggles. :)