I hate to break it to those who think winter is finally over: it’s not. Sure, it’s the beginning of April and Easter is next weekend. Sure, the sun’s been shining and the ground is now thawed enough to dig around in. Sure, the trees are starting to blossom and the crocuses are poking their heads above ground and the pollen has started to drift skyward. Sure, the robins have been back for a month.
My husband, who is the news junkie, just informed me that there’s snow in the forecast for tonight. NINE inches of snow. Yes, the sun is shining right now and we all know weathermen do not look outside; they are glued to their computer screens and Doppler radar and ground-sensing doo-dads. One day last week, I was listening to the car radio when the weather came on. The announcer diligently proclaimed that the day’s high temperature would be 45.
It was already 62 degrees.
No matter how much I yearn for fair weather, lots of sunshine, and an opportunity to resume my life’s calling in the garden, I will not fall for the false promise of spring.
I don’t care what that stupid groundhog says, a large furry rodent does not know when spring will be sprung. The way I look at it, Ground Hog’s Day is an excuse to party, to break up the monotony of winter — a little over a month after Christmas, and a little over a month until St. Patrick’s Day. People should call it “Let’s Drink and Be Stupid Day.”
No, it’s not spring until the SAD woman sings.
That’s right, I have SAD or Seasonal Affective Disorder. I am sad during winter, when the days contract and the sun is absent. I didn’t realize it at all until a couple of years ago, when during a doctor’s visit my physician asked me some pertinent questions. Looking over my voluminous chart, we realized a constant. I become depressed in the wintertime.
Article comments
1 - andi
hope u sing soon :-)
2 - Dr. Juliann Mitchell, PhD
Joanne,
Thanks for sharing. Hope to hear you singing very soon, maybe even yodeling.
Best wishes
3 - Joanne Huspek
Thanks.
It's sunny but cold and lingering snow on the ground. Nope. Not spring yet.