The Early Coming of Spring
In Ohio, I have learned that spring does not come by the calendar. And sometimes it is impossible to tell if spring has actually “come”. This year, after a what seemed like a year- long winter,2020, Spring has arrived “early” on the shores of North East Ohio.
Early spring is wonderful because it it a very slow and subtle change- you notice a little color in the woods, the bird song becomes more optimistic, the sweet green of new mosses appear in the woods. Early spring requires observation and a willingness to pause. It does not force itself upon us.
In the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours.
I am thinking about the coming of Spring if people were in charge. It would be a very different thing for sure. We would pick a date, hire a PR person, get a branding agent, select a CEO, organize committees, hire a designer, an attorney and a fund raiser. Plans drawn out, hours of meetings, discussions, emails, faxes, and blue prints. Then as the date approaches, late nights, pots of coffee, fast food, frayed nerves and neglected families. Ah, Spring!
