Random Thought for Thursday 4/8/10

AN ODE (OF SORTS) TO SPRING!

For meteorologists, spring starts March 1.

For astronomers, spring starts March 20.

For religious folk (or their secular counterparts), spring starts with the Seder or Good Friday or the arrival of the Easter Bunny.

For gardeners, spring starts with the early sign of crocuses and daffodils.

For Seasonal Affective Disorder sufferers, spring starts with greater access to the sun, helped along with the Bush-era expansion of daylight savings time.

For Chicagoans with their cold cold winters, spring starts with the first day to hit 70 degrees and is represented by frat-boys and their girls drinking at the bars in shorts and flip-flops.

For me, spring starts when I can actually slice butter off of the stick in the dish in the kitchen and spread it on my bread (since all winter, it is simply too cold to cut into it in my chilly city apartment).

And, based on the making of my sandwich today for lunch and the ease with which it all came together ...

SPRING HAS FINALLY ARRIVED!

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/ode-to-spring/

http://www.poetry-online.org/gray_thomas_ode_on_the_spring.htm