With all the frenetic hype seeking to commodify the solar eclipse, the vernal (ver, Latin for spring or youthful) equinox has been forgotten.
I always need to remind myself of what an equinox is, so here is National Geographic: “During an equinox, the center of the sun’s disk is in the same plane as the Equator. After the vernal equinox in March, the Northern Hemisphere tilts toward the sun, until the June solstice when it migrates south.”
March came in like a lamb rather than roaring like a lion. Looking at my weather app, with the exception of the dip last weekend, the 10-day forecast indicates we will have had mostly upper 40s and a variety of 50s for the first half of the month. I know our mild winter has been lovely for those who like to walk along the lakefront or bike on county roads, or simply not have to shovel snow. But December, January, and February were the........