Maybe it’s totally foolish of my to start thinking about spring because it’s March 1st! But I can’t help it! A long time ago, when someone invented the names for the months, they really influenced how we feel about the months by the names, I guess. October looks like pumpkin. November and December get long, dark, and cold, and then January and February are harsh and wintry. You can’t even spell February, without a lot of trouble, or pronounce it. Then suddenly it’s MARCH! It just sounds like spring!
I always remember in that movie, Jeremiah Johnson, there was that mountain man who said, “March is a green muddy month down below. Some folks like it. Farmers mostly.” He said it with disdain, and disdain for farmers, and the point was, it was still cold, snowy, and harsh up in the mountains. But I always thought about that in a way that made me like March, green, muddy… maybe I’m a farmer at heart. I guess I did grow up in a farm region.
