April

Have one of these, you'll feel better.. For a while.

April is the cruelest month.  Eliot's line is well traveled, to say the least.

Here in New England, it is especially cruel.  You have tantalizing glimpses of spring, then snow, then days of sodden rain, then sunny, windy days.

Everything but the warmth your body is craving for.

But one day it will be 65 degrees and sunny and kids will be playing frisbee and you will be able to sit outside on the deck in the sun without a coat on.

But while it might be a week away, it feels so much longer.

In some ways, we are stuck in metaphysical April.

Everything seems stuck in limbo.  The economy is getting better, but it's not good.  We are getting out of Iraq slowly, but we are inching into Libya.  We might have a deal to avert a government shutdown, but we might not.

We know spring will be here by May in New England.

Here's to hoping that spring will arrive for the world at large.