14 March 2006

Spring, wind, warmth

A few incredibly warm days have started people around here thinking about Spring. Which is folly, as we have had some remarkable snow storms in March. But what is encouraging is the length of the days increasing. When it's sunny (like today), the day seems to stretch out and makes for optimism that Winter will, indeed, end.

Having seen the tornado damage from elsewhere, the wind today is more of an inconvenience than something to truly gripe about. It's a perspective issue, I guess. A twenty-five MPH wind is nothing compared to having your house destroyed. The people in the Midwest have more tolerance for damage on that scale than I ever would.

Lastly, things have been going so incredibly bad lately that I'm looking for some (any!) sign of progress. Five years now. It's enough to make you feel forsaken.